“Armenia-Georgia-Russia-Iran meeting has been launched in December 2015. A meeting of the four ministers is anticipated in Georgia in the period of April 11-13, which will finally clarify it. Again rather active operations are on in more active engagement of Armenia’s territory, energy in all regional issues,” the Minister said.
According to A.Yeghiazaryan, a range of issues have been revealed in regulations, unnecessary documentation claims and grounds for denial, demand for submitting a report, and they propose to allocate individual and common permits for a 5-year term, and the term of contract for the transfer of controlled items and controlled non-material value, in case of less than 5 years, upon the term enshrined in the contract, to define 1 year for activity for single permits, and fee state defined for allocation of individual and common permits, by 30-fold of the basic duty and etc.
“The issue has been covered during the meeting of Armenia’s and Russia’s presidents, and at the moment, Ministries negotiate over gas price with Gazprom Armenia Company,” H.Abrahamyan said.
According to him, employees of the Ministry, the Plant and Yerevan TPP will be included in the group headed by L.Shahverdyan, Yolyan’s Deputy Minister. The working group, after studying Nairit Plant condition, in short terms should submit proposals of necessary initiatives on further exploitation of the Plant.
Vardan Ayvazyan, co-author of the law, RPA MP, replied that the questions refer change to “Customs law,” and it’s an issue of separate discussion, “By this part we don’t charge money for cars imported from EEU space.”
“As a company registered in Toronto Stock Exchange, Geoteam Company applies the mining experience of Canada and other countries in Amulsar project, and Canadian mining projects are a best example of the fact that present-day mining industry may be developed, safe and environmentally good manageable, like Amulsar mine is going to be,” he said.
“There was no any issue in signing any accord during this meeting, possible variants of maximal reduction of gas price were under discussion.”
For that purpose works are being implemented with the World Bank experts for Armenia’s engagement with the initiative of extractive industry negotiations. He also stated that disposition of the Government regarding the issue is quite consistent and every possible effort will be exerted to reach the purpose, “Holding of a forum is crucial and I hope, it’ll become an interested and useful platform for discussions.”
Makar Arakelyan, Head of Armenian Transport Workers and Freight Forwarders Association, in an interview with 168.am stated that big investments are necessary for widening the road, it’s a technically complicated and dangerous work, blasting should be implemented. Justification of investments, according to him, is linked to the volume of transferred freight, “I think, they should feel that Armenia has that much volume of transfers. Due to winter roads are frequently closed, and in spring export is being activated and volume will increase.”
“It may have an advantage regarding substructures, but if we thought that way, they might have transferred cargo through the Caspian Sea to Russia, moreover marine transfers are much more profitable, than railway ones and etc.,” V.Ayvazyan said.
