Barley seeds to go to poor communities
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan called a consultative meeting to discuss the 2011 barley crop development program. In attendance were Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Development Armen Gevorgyan and marz governors. According to Tigran Sargsyan, 2000 tons of seeds will be imported not only to develop domestic seed production, but also to tackle a number of other key tasks. “It has been repeatedly stated during the previous discussions that cultivated areas are... more »
Draft territorial development concept submitted
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan participated in the presentation of the draft of Armenia’s territorial development concept. The ceremony was attended by Vice Prime Minister Armen Gevorgyan, head of the United Nations Armenia Office Dafina Gercheva, marz governors, civil society representatives, local and international experts. Greeting those present, the Prime Minister noted that harmonious territorial development is a government priority considering that the over-centralization... more »
Prime Minister discusses cooperative launch program with farmers
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited today Avan community of Aragatsotni marz to discuss the Community Farm Resource and Competitiveness program. Since agriculture is set as a priority development area for Armenia, the program has been worked out by the Ministry of Agriculture in cooperation with the experts of the World Bank. Six communities from Aragatsotni marz - Avan, Sasnashen, Tatul, Norashen, Geghadzor and Aragats - are involved in the program under which pasture reclamation,... more »
National Vocational Training Quality Center Board of Trustees’ meeting
The National Vocational Training Quality Center Foundation (NVTQCF) Board of Trustees met at the Office of Government, presided at by BOT chairman, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. To begin with, the meeting heard the 2010 financial and annual activity reports of the Foundation. Foundation Director Ruben Topchyan reported on the works executed within the fiscal year. In particular, he touched on the steps carried out in the direction of system engineering of internal and external... more »
Tigran Sargsyan welcomes Supachaj Panitchpakdi
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received today Secretary-General of the UN Conference on Trade and Development Supachaj Panitchpakdi who is in Yerevan to attend the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the State commission on protection of economic competition (SCPEC) of the Republic of Armenia. The parties discussed the “Voluntary expert estimation of competition laws and policies following Armenia’s example” report, made public by the UN Conference on... more »
Prime Minister welcomes participants of international conference with economic competition-related agenda
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended an international conference dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the founding of the State commission on protection of economic competition (SCPEC) of the Republic of Armenia. Scheduled for March 12-23, the forum is attended by secretary-general of the UN Conference on Trade and Development Supachaj Panitchpakdi, representatives of Armenia-accredited embassies and international organizations, as well as heads of antimonopoly authorities from over 15... more »
Prime Minister meets with Georgian Minister for Territorial Development and Infrastructures
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Minister for Territorial Development and Infrastructures of Georgia Ramaz Nikolaishvili. Welcoming the guest, the Prime Minister stressed the need for activating economic relations between Armenia and Georgia. “I think it is in the best interest of our two peoples as the providing of wider economic space to economic entities may increase the two countries’ potential of economic growth.” In this context, Tigran Sargsyan spoke... more »
EU supportive of reform program
A cabinet sitting was held today under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan Summing up the outcome of the government delegation’s latest visit to Brussels, the Prime Minister said the most importance result is that all the European structures are prepared to extend all-out support to the Republic of Armenia. To ensure enforcement of the law on licensing, the government passed over a dozen of decisions with the view of amending a number of licensing-related previous... more »
Tigran Sargsyan: “International community should send a clear indication that there is no alternative to peaceful settlement.”
On the sidelines of his visit to the Kingdom of Belgium, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan delivered a statement at the External Relations Committee of the European Parliament after which he answered the journalists’ questions. Below you will find the Prime Minister’s answers and the questions which may be grouped in 3 main areas: “The first group of the questions relate to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. I feel you wish the conflict were settled for which I am... more »
Prime Minister sums up outcome of his visit to Brussels
“To succeed in multilateral relations, including in Europe, it is important to have precedents of successful bilateral relations,” President of Belgian Parliament Andre Flao said after the meeting with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in Brussels. In this context, he made a point of Armenian Prime Minister’s visit to the Kingdom of Belgium during which a broad range of issues relating to the furtherance of bilateral relations was discussed, including possibilities for... more »
