Decrease of growth temp is conditioned by April’s index. This April compared with previous year’s April economic activity grew by 3.7%. Meanwhile in March, compared with previous year’s March, activity growth comprised 6.8%.
Russia and Turkey signed a joint agreement on lifting mutual trade restrictions, reports TASS. The document was signed by Vice Prime Ministers of the two states – Arkady Dvorkovich and Mehmet Simsek.
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“You know our country and Iran negotiate around trilateral Armenia-Iran-Turkmenistan gas agreement, we again negotiate with Georgia and here some progress has been recorded. These formats allow increasing Armenia’s role in the whole region.”
“Even without the latest tools and technologies it is possible to treat people. I am working at a place where there are even no nearby settlements. There are 450 beds in our hospital, but sometimes we have to t several patients in one bed,” he said.
The Iraqi authorities made a decision to stop import of tomatoes from Turkey starting from May 21, Hurriyet reports. Iraq’s agriculture ministry said in a statement that they want to assist the local producers by making this decision.
Russia intends to supply new armaments to CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization) partner countries, including helicopters, air defense systems and armored equipment, Dmitry Shugaev, the head of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation told Sputnik News.
Islamic State militants, who have been cooperating with an Azerbaijani national, plotted a terror attack at the extraordinary congress of Turkey’s ruling party, where President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was re-elected chairman of the AK party, Hurriyet reported citing Ankara’s Governor Ercan Topaca.
The Minister of trade United States Wilbur Ross fell asleep during a speech the American President Donald trump at a meeting with leaders of the Arab-Islamic world at the summit in Riyadh, from event recording, provided by Reuters.
Armenia’s Sambo team captured 8 medals in the European Championship. Grigor Mkhitaryan won silver, while Harutyun Sargsyan, Kolya Karapetyan and Edgar Mehrabyan won bronze in Combat Sambo.
