Presidential candidate says U.S. won't give a dollar to save EuropeJanuary 3, 2012 - 13:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told an Italian newspaper that Europe must solve the euro zone debt crisis without any help from the United States, Reuters reports. "The U.S. must take care of its own crisis, and won't give a dollar to save Europe," Romney told La Stampa. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, said he was aware that a collapse in Europe would have "enormous repercussions" for the world's economy and that it was in Washington's interest to avoid it. "But it is not our job to avoid it. Europeans have a duty to solve their crisis with the means at their disposal," he was quoted as saying. "Germany, France, Italy all have the resources to pay back their debts, solve the confidence crisis, invest and start growing again, ideally through a real market economy." Iowa Republicans cast the first votes of the 2012 White House campaign on Tuesday, Jan 3, with Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul in a high-stakes battle to win the party's kick-off nominating contest. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Armenia-Qatar ties discussed in Doha The Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council met with the Deputy Secretary General of the National Security Council of Qatar. ARARAT special evening dedicated to Aznavour's 100th Anniv. On May 20 ARARAT legendary Armenian brandy, celebrated the centennial of Maestro Charles Aznavour with a special event. Surveying works underway in Armenia’s Kirants Surveying works are underway in the Armenian village of Kirants in the northern Tavush province. Armenia calls for prohibiting threats of attacks on nuclear facilities Armenia has raised the need for a treaty prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes. |