Tigran Avinyan Received the IOM Delegation
On June 6, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan received a delegation led by International Organization for Migration (IOM) Regional Director for South-Eastern Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia Argentina Szabados. Welcoming the guests the Deputy Prime Minister appreciated the ongoing cooperation with the IOM aimed at building Armenia’s capacity in the fields of migration policy and legislative improvements. He stressed the need for taking practical steps in order to harmonize... more »
Tigran Avinyan Received a delegation of World Bank
On June 5, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan received outgoing World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus Ms. Mercy Tembon and newly appointed Regional Director Sebastian Molineus. WB Armenia Office Director Ms. Sylvie Bossoutrot also attended the meeting. Highly appreciative of Ms. Tembon’s efforts in the strengthening of cooperation between Armenia and the World Bank, the Deputy Prime Minister wished her every success in future activities. Tigran Avinyan... more »
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan Receives World Bank Delegation
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received a delegation led by World Bank Regional Director for the South Caucasus Ms. Mercy Tembon. WB Armenia Office Director Ms. Sylvie Bossoutrot attended the meeting. Greeting the guests, the Deputy Prime Minister thanked Mercy Tembon for the work done by the World Bank in Armenia, as well as for developing and approving the Country Partnership Framework strategic document. Mher Grigoryan noted the importance of the document for other strategies to... more »
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan receives ADB Vice President-led delegation
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received a delegation led by Asian Development Bank Vice President Shixin Chen. The meeting was attended by Shane Rosenthal, Head of ADB Country Office in Armenia. Welcoming the guests, the Deputy Prime Minister thanked them for cooperation. “Armenia’s cooperation with the Asian Development Bank is not just limited to the financial component; we attach great importance to the culture that ADB brings to Armenia, ” Mher Grigoryan said.... more »
Vladimir Karapetyan and Hrachya Tashchyan meet with Ukrainian mass media representatives and expert circles
Vladimir Karapetyan, Spokesperson for the Prime Minister, and Hrachya Tashchyan, Assistant to the Prime Minister for Foreign Policy Affairs, today met with visiting Ukrainian mass media representatives and expert circles. During the meeting, Vladimir Karapetyan and Hrachya Tashchyan dwelt on the root causes behind the Armenian nonviolent velvet revolution, the situation that led to and the developments that followed the revolution. Reference was made to the Government’s foreign... more »
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan meets with Turkmenistan President
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan who is in Ashkhabad on a working visit met with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan on May 30. During the meeting, reference was made to the dynamics of the Armenian-Turkmen interstate cooperation, the importance of mutual visits, trade and economic exchanges and humanitarian-cultural contacts. Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan and President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov noted with satisfaction that the commodity turnover between the... more »
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan attends CIS Council of Heads of Government meeting
Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan today attended the regular meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government in Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan. The meeting agenda comprised a wide range of issues related to the further development and modernization of the Commonwealth and the improvement of the applicable legal framework. Cooperation in the field of innovations and interaction of customs authorities in protecting intellectual property rights were discussed in the format of... more »
Eurasian Economic Commission holds regular meeting in Kazakhstan
Chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan, the Eurasian Economic Commission held a regular meeting in Nur-Sultan, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The meeting discussed issues related to transactions associated with precious metals and precious stones within the framework of the EAEU, as well as the ongoing negotiations over the free trade arrangement to be signed with Singapore. Reference was also made to the labeling of a number of goods, money laundering and... more »
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan attended event dedicated to launch of Support for Tax Administration and Policy Leadership program (STAPL)
On May 27, the State Revenue Committee hosted an event dedicated to the launch of the Support for Tax Administration and Policy Leadership program (STAPL), attended by RA Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan. Greeting those present, the Deputy Prime Minister stressed that the implementation of radical reforms in the tax system and tax administration is one of the priorities of the Government of Armenia, which stands high on the Government’s reform agenda aimed at building an... more »
Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan Received UK Prime Minister’s Trade and Investment Envoy
On May 24 Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan received UK Prime Minister’s Trade and Investment Envoy to Armenia, parliamentarian Mark Pritchard. The meeting was attended by UK Ambassador to Armenia Judith Farnworth was also present at the meeting. Welcoming the guests, Tigran Avinyan said there is huge potential for developing trade and economic exchanges between Armenia and the United Kingdom. In this context, the Deputy Prime Minister noted that the improved investment climate,... more »
