RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited the Training Center of Agribusiness at the Armenian Agrarian University. The Prime Minister went round this western-type educational institution of regional coverage, got acquainted with academic programs, talked to students and teaching staff, asked about its contribution to entrepreneurship development in the agro-food complex of Armenia and to the testing of State programs in the agricultural sector. The head of government also asked about the... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended a book show at Children’s National Library after Khenko Aper in Yerevan. The Prime Minister went round the pavilions, familiarized himself with the exhibits and talked to the hosts about importance of this nice initiative.
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 »
