RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received outgoing head of the OSCE Yerevan office, Ambassador Vladimir Priakhin. The Prime Minister thanked Ambassador Priakhin for fruitful cooperation and for the greatly valuable assistance provided on the part of the OSCE to democracy in Armenia. Vladimir Priakhin, too, said to be appreciative of his past cooperation with the Armenian authorities and the civil society. The Ambassador took the opportunity to congratulate Mr. Sargsyan on his... more »
Today Millenium Challenge Account-Armenia SNCO Governing Council has met, chaired by Council Chairman, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. The Council discussed and approved the results of competitions announced for purchase of consulting services, the results of technical and financial proposal estimations, other issues of current interest. Concerning the tender announced for the purchase of consulting services under the Design and Monitoring of 6 Water-Mains Construction project of... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation headed by OSCE Chair-in-Office, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Spain Miguel Angel Moratinos who is in Yerevan on official visit. The delegation included Chairman of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Goran Lenmarker. Welcoming Mr. Miguel Angel Moratinos to Armenia, the Prime Minister expressed hope that his visit would help promote not only the cooperation of our country with the OSCE, but also the further development of bilateral... more »
Led by RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, RA Minister of Defense Mikael Harutiunyan and senior army staff visited the anti-aircraft defense unit of Chobankara. In noting that large amount of work had been done towards army improvement and arms modernization, the Prime Minister said that, as an important element of peace and security in our country, the anti-aircraft defense system, too, was being upgraded. In order to have a state-of-the-art and powerful anti-aircraft defense, the latter... more »
Today RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation led by Vice-President of the Managing Board of "Gazprom" OJSC Valery Golubev. The delegation incorporated head of department, member of board of "Hayrusgazard" CJSC Anatoly Podmishalsky and head of Gazprom's foreign economic transactions department Stanislav Tzygankov. During the meeting, both sides said to be pleased with the current status of Gazprom-GoA cooperation. Valery Golubev noted that Hayruysgazard was among the... more »
Today RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan traveled to Gegharkounik marz of Armenia to visit a number of flood-hit communities there. As spring floods keep on damaging human settlements and infrastructures in the marz
On Children's Day and for important length of effective service in this sphere, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan handed in Prime Minister's letters of appreciation to a number of social and charitable organizations. In particular, the following organizations were forwarded such letters by the head of GoA: "Rescue" benevolent union for the relief of children-invalids, the child protection programs of the Armenia office of the Children's Fund of the United Nations, COAF children's relief fund,... more »
Today RA government commission on coordination of charitable programs has met, presided at by commission chairman S. Ter-Simonyan. The meeting discussed 3 charitable programs. The commission has approved the following programs, in particular: a Hayastan All-Armenian Fund-implemented program for the design of improvements in the water supply system of Megradzor village of Kotayk marz of Armenia and a "Kamerjik" public charity-sponsored program on drinking water-pipe installation in... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation led by Polish Minister of Home Affairs and Public Administration Janush Kachmarek. The Prime Minister noted with satisfaction that the Armenian-Polish relations were developing successfully on both bilateral and multilateral levels. He stressed that the European orientation was a priority on Armenia's foreign policy agenda, and the interaction with the European Union provided a sound framework for the deepening of the dialog with... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation led by Chairman of Board of "RAO EES Rossiya" OJSC Anatoly Chubays who is in Armenia to attend the current session of the CIS Energy Council. To begin with, Anatoly Chubays congratulated Serzh Sargsyan on the successful completion of parliamentary elections in Armenia and wished the GoA and the Prime Minister every success in future activities. He briefed Mr. Sargsyan on the range of issues discussed at the session of the... more »