RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan's Congratulatory Message on Republic's Day
Dear compatriots, I congratulate you all on the Day of the First Republic - the 89th anniversary of proclamation of the 1st Armenian Republic. After an interval of many centuries, the reinstatement of the Armenian nationhood on May 28, 1918 was the outcome of those historic victories had at Sardarapat, Bash-Aparan and Gharakilisa, which were due to the freedom-loving spirit, exceptional unity and solidarity of our people, volunteers, clergy, scholars, who fought side by side with the... more »
Today RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan convened a consultative meeting in the Office of Government to discuss questions connected with the uniform examination system, which will be introduced for the first time as of June 1, 2007. The meeting was attended by the RA Minister of Education and Science and his deputies, the Mayor of Yerevan, marz governors, heads of Yerevan Town Hall's and regional administrations' educational departments, the Director of the Evaluating and Testing Center by RA... more »
Today the CIS Council of Heads of Government met in Yalta (Ukraine), attended by RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan. Prior to the meeting, at his residence in Hotel Oreanda, the Prime Minister met with famous mountain-climber of Armenian nationality Sergey Kaifajyan who handed over to the Prime Minister the "Peak Armenia" golden commemorative medal and a nominal certificate. As a result of the aggravating political situation in Ukraine, Prime Minister Victor Janukovich made an... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received Ambassador of Ukraine to Armenia Alexander Bozhko. First of all, the Ambassador congratulated the Prime Minister on the successful completion of the May 12 parliamentary elections, as well as on the victory of the Prime Minister's Republican Party at said elections. He went on to express hope that the results of these elections will promote development and strengthening of democracy in Armenia. At the request of Ambassador Bozhko, Mr.... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received Minsk group co-chairs Yuri Merzliakov and Bernard Fassier who are in Yerevan on a two-day regional visit. The co-chairs briefed the Prime Minister on the latest developments in the Karabakh peace settlement process. During the meeting, Serzh Sargsyan has reaffirmed our country's approaches for a negotiated and peaceful settlement of the conflict, as well as for the respect of the NKR people's right to self-determination.
On May 24, 2007, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan-led government delegation will leave for Yalta (Ukraine) on a two-day working visit to attend the meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Government. The government delegation will be comprised of Minister-Chief of Government Staff Manuk Topuzyan, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Gegham Gharibjanyan, RA Permanent Representative in CIS statutory and other bodies Oleg Yesayan, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation of the International Mission of Election Observers led by Ambassador Boris Frlek. The head of delegation noted that his mission of observers had already published its preliminary findings on the parliamentary elections of May 12 and currently was working on the final document which, according to Boris Frlek, would feature the results of the monitoring performed, inclusive of the shortcomings revealed and the recommendations formulated... more »
Today RA government commission on coordination of charitable programs has met, presided at by commission chairman S. Ter-Simonyan. The commission reviewed 9 charitable programs. In particular, there have been discussed and approved: Hayastan All-Armenian Fund-implemented programs referred to as "Assistance with the construction of water-mains and rehabilitation of deep wells in Hadrout town of the NKR," "Repair of 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors of dormitory complex No. 1 of Boarding School No.... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received head of the International Red Cross Committee's mission in Armenia Ives Arnold. Mr. Arnold thanked the Prime Minister for the productive and interested cooperation maintained with the committee as chairman of the state commission dealing with war prisoner, hostage and missing people questions. He said that the issue of Karabakh conflict-generated missing persons continued to be the focus of the International Red Cross Committee's attention which... more »
The national culture of Armenia suffered an irremediable loss: prominent Armenian singer Gohar Gasparyan has died. People's Artist of USSR, Hero of Socialist Labor, USSR and ASSR State prize-winner, professor at the State Conservatory after Komitas, throughout many years her divine voice and rare singing talent conveyed utmost pleasure to the music fans both at home and abroad. Gohar Gasparyan was born in 1924 in Cairo, in the family of modest bank employee Mikael Khachatryan. The... more »
