RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's Message on Teacher's Day
Dear Teachers, I warmly congratulate you on your professional holiday -the Teacher's Day. This holiday, which in accordance with a government decree has been marked for seven years now, testifies to great care and thoughtfulness shown for the teachers' dedicated work. Education is among the government's priorities and we will be exacting in this field considering that schools give birth to good citizens, highly knowledgeable and internationally competitive specialists. At... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received World Bank Regional Director for South Caucasus Donna Dowsett-Coirolo. The parties addressed the programs implemented so far and spoke about future action. In an effort to identify such sectors as may come eligible for the Bank's support, Donna Dowsett-Coirolo asked the Prime Minister about the government program priorities. The badly needed reforms in the system of governance were said to be priority number one, with the Government taking... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received newly appointed US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Armenia Marie Iovanovich. The Prime Minister congratulated the Ambassador on appointment and expressed conviction that the traditions of friendship as established and sustained between the two countries since Armenia's independence will be successfully continued and strengthened during Ms. Iovanovich's tenure By noting that following the genocide of Armenians in... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan welcomed Polish deputy foreign minister Andrej Kremer and deputy minister of economy Marcin Korolec. The Polish officials said they are in Armenia to discuss cooperation programs with their Armenian counterparts aimed at furthering economic and political interaction between the two countries, supposed to bring the two countries closer to each other on the way to euro-integration, as well as to present the EU Eastern Partnership Program. They briefed the... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan congratulated Hovik Abrahamyan on his election to the post of Chairman of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia. The congratulations message states in part: "Dear Mr. Abrahamyan, I congratulate you on your election to the office of Republic of Armenia National Assembly Chairman. I am confident that at this highly responsible post you will use your long experience and skills to enhance the efficiency of parliamentary activities,... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received the representatives of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and Tavitian Foundation. Highly appreciative of these organizations' efforts, the Prime Minister thanked them for sustained focus on education in Armenia and went on to discuss cooperation areas. Tigran Sargsyan highlighted the educational reform from the perspective of education quality. The head of the Armenian government advised that on the initiative of RA President Serzh... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Raymond Johansen, Kingdom of Norway Foreign Affairs Ministry Secretary of State for Foreign Relations who is in Armenia as part of a regional visit to South Caucasus. To begin with, the RA Prime Minister expressed hope that Mr. Johansen's visit will boost the development of the Armenian-Norwegian relations. Tigran Sargsyan made a point of keeping by balanced approaches in regional policies bearing in mind that in its regional undertakings Norway... more »
By RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's decision, for meritorious patriotic and charitable activity, philanthropist Julian Hovsepyan has been awarded RA Prime Minister's commemorative medal. The Armenian philanthropist received the decoration from the Prime Minister himself during a meeting held at the office of the government. Tigran Sargsyan thanked Mr. Hovsepyan for his efforts aimed at continuing the best traditions of Armenian philanthropists in terms of developing culture in homeland as... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Marek Madaric, Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic. The Prime Minister welcomed the cooperation development-oriented initiatives coming from the two ministries of culture and the arrangements reached during Mr. Madaric's stay in Armenia. Tigran Sargsyan said closer bilateral relations in culture may lead to strengthened economic ties and enhanced cooperation between Armenia and Slovakia. The Armenian Prime Minister highlighted the... more »
In accordance with a decree signed today by RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, for outstanding contribution to the strengthening and development of Armenian-British relations and for friendly ties maintained with the people of Armenia, chairwoman of the British-Armenian all-party parliamentary group, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland House of Lords Vice-Speaker, Baroness Caroline Cox was awarded RA Prime Minister's commemorative medal. The medal was presented to the... more »
