Council on Combating Human Trafficking Holds First Meeting in Government
Chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, the Council on Combating Human Trafficking held its first sitting in the Office of Government. Greeting the participants, the Deputy Prime Minister wished the Council successful proceedings. To begin with, the Foreign Ministry representative reported on the activities aimed at curbing human trafficking and exploitation in the Republic of Armenia. Then the international expert invited to the session presented the results of the... more »
Tigran Avinyan Holds Consultation with Representatives of Sports Federations represented in the Seventh Pan-Armenian Games
On June 11, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of Seventh Pan-Armenian Games Organizing Committee Tigran Avinyan held a consultative meeting with the representatives of sports federations represented in the Games. Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Chairman of the World Committee of Pan-Armenian Games Ishkhan Zakaryan reported on the ongoing preparations. The representatives of federations provided information on their sporting events. There was an exchange of ideas on finding... more »
Tigran Avinyan Receives AUA, AGBU Co-Founded Research Group Members
On June 11, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan received the group conducting Armenia’s technological research which has been formed by the joint initiative of the American University of Armenia (AUA) and the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU). The meeting was attended by Minister of Economy Tigran Khachatryan, Minister of High-Tech Industry Hakob Arshakyan and Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Arevik Anapiosyan. The experts of various international... more »
Eduard Aghajanyan Attends Open Government Partnership Initiative Summit in Ottawa
The Open Government Partnership Initiative (OGP) Summit has been held in Ottawa. One of the Summit’s major achievements was the establishment of a group of Leading countries for the process of identification of real Beneficial Owners. With the UK and Ukraine at its forefront, the group brings together Leading countries to create common standards, methods, develop complex solutions to problems, etc. The Government of Armenia has assumed a commitment to set up a real... more »
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan receives Head of EU Delegation, Ambassador Switalski
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received Head of EU Delegation to Armenia, Ambassador Piotr Switalski. The Deputy Prime Minister thanked the European Union for assisting Armenia and the EU Delegation –for effective cooperation with the Armenian Government. The interlocutors exchanged views on the ongoing cooperation towards the development of sectoral strategies and Armenian Development Strategy (ADS), in general. The Deputy Prime Minister expressed hope that through joint... more »