RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received EU Special Representative in South Caucasus Peter Szemneby. In attendance were Head of EU Delegation in Armenia, Ambassador Raul Lutzenberger, Polish Ambassador to Armenia Tomas Knothe, French Ambassador to Armenia Serge Smessoff, as well as advisers to EU Special Representative in South Caucasus. The meeting agenda comprised a broad range of issues, including the influence exercised by the global financial and economic crisis on Armenia’s... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation led by EC Foreign Trade General Directorate’s Bilateral Trade Affaires Coordinator Eva Sinovich. The parties discussed the process of drafting a free trade agreement under the Free Trade Regime with the European Union, as well as the possibilities for developing and expanding the cooperation under the Eastern Partnership Concept of the European Neighborhood Policy. Ms. Sinovich said that a broad-based and long-term... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan called a consultative meeting with the representatives of such private building companies which act as both contractors and investors. In attendance were the ministers of finance and urban development, the mayor of Yerevan, the head of the State Revenue Committee by the Government. The meeting tried to assess the resources available in this field, discussed the possibilities for investment and public-private sector cooperation amidst today’s global... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received an IMF delegation consisting of IMF Permanent Representative in Armenia Ninke Oomes, Deputy Director of Middle East and Central Asia Directorate Lorenzo Peres, IMF Executive Director Ah Bakker, Head of the Armenia Mission Mark Louis and a number of mission economists. Against a background of global financial and economic crisis, the mission aims to discuss a bilateral cooperation-related agenda as highlighted in the Memorandum on Economic and... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Aristomene Varudakis, head of the World Bank Armenia office, and the World Bank economic team mission, led by Samia Mitra. Discussed were issues relating to the cooperation for the next 4 years under the Country Partnership Strategy, as well as the steps taken by the Armenian government to counteract the global economic downturn and eventual joint action aimed at mitigating the impact of the global financial and economic crisis.
A session of RA government’s charitable project coordination commission took place, chaired by commission head Simon Ter-Simonyan. 11 projects have been discussed, including: 2 projects implemented by Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, referred to as “Preparation of Accountable Films,” “Copyright (Additional) Surveillance over the Construction of Secondary School in Spitakashen Village of Martuni Region of the NKR” respectively. The meeting also approved the... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel to the Republic of Armenia Shemi Tzour. Complimenting the Ambassador on the start-up of his diplomatic mission in our country, the Prime Minister expressed hope that Mr. Tzour will contribute to the furtherance of the Armenian-Israeli relations during his term of office. Tigran Sargsyan and Shemi Tzour concurred in that the bilateral relations usher in a new... more »
The Renewable Energy and Energy Saving Foundation of Armenia (REESF) Board of Trustees met at the Office of Government, presided at by BoT Chairman, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. The Foundation seeks to facilitate investments in the spheres of renewable energy and energy saving and promote the development of renewable energy and energy saving markets in Armenia. Based on the comments and proposals made during the discussion, the Board of Trustees approved the 2008 REESF... more »
The 8th meeting of the board of trustees of the National Competitiveness Foundation of Armenia took place on February 8, 2009 chaired by the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Chairman of the Board Mr. Tigran Sargsyan. Other public sector representatives attending the meeting included Board members Vahram Nercissianz, Chief Economic Advisor to the RA President and Vice Chairman of the Board; Nerses Yeritsyan, RA Minister of Economy; Tigran Davtyan, RA Minister of Finance; Arthur... more »
Today the Government finished discussing the 2008 ministry and government agency performance reports. Reports were submitted by finance, foreign affaires and defense ministers. As with the preceding reports, bearing in mind that detailed accounts of completed activities are posted on the websites of respective agencies, the speakers chiefly focused on the problems and shortfalls had in the period under review. In connection with the report of the Minister of Finance, the Prime Minister... more »
