Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received co-rapporteurs of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) monitoring commission Jerzi Jaskernia, George Coloumbier and commission secretary Bonny Theophilova. The meeting was attended by the members of the Anti-Corruption Commission under RA Prime Minister. To begin with, Mr. Jaskernia felicitated Mr. A. Margaryan on the 5th anniversary of his assumption of office. With reference to the subject under review, Mr.... more »
Remarks by RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan at the 2nd Congress of RA Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Dear Delegates and Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the government of the Republic of Armenia and myself, I greet you and wish the Congress successful outcome. The government-initiated process of establishing a new system of chambers of commerce and industry was the requirement of the time over 3 years ago. Against a background of on-going market-oriented reforms, the executive was pursuing clear-cut policies in the matters concerning the country's economic development: a... more »
Address by RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan on the Occasion of the Victory and Peace Day of May 9
Dear Compatriots, Dear Veterans of War and Participants of the Freedom Fight for Artsakh: I am extending to you warmest congratulations on the Victory and Peace Day of May 9, which has a double meening for us. This year the whole mankind is marking the 60th anniversary of the victory had over fascism in the Great Patriotic War and the end of World War II. There is something behind the fact that on this 9th of May, 13 years will have passed since the liberation of Shushi... more »
Today, at the Office of Government, RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received an Iranian delegation led by Iran's Deputy Minister of Oil Asdollah Saleh Forouz. The parties have discussed the progress in the construction of Iran-Armenia gas pipeline and a number of issues concerning the bilateral cooperation in the field of energy. Satisfied in the whole with the curent status of economic cooperation between the two countries and the pace of implementation of various joint programs... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received a delegation headed by Country Director of the Millenium Challenge Account Mr. Alex Razin. The delegation has arrived in our country to discuss Armenia's proposals for support under the Account. At the outset of the meeting, on behalf of Account President Paul Appleguard, Mr. Razin thanked the Prime Minister and the Armenian government for an expedited and accurate design of the Armenian national program. In briefing his guests on the... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan, who is in the Republic of Belarus on official visit, has met with the representatives of the Armenian community. Georgy Yeghiazaryan, chairman of the Minsk-based "Armenia" cultural-educational association, which is largest of the 3 Armenian organizations operating in Belarus, and other representatives of the community advised the Prime Minister that they were doing their utmost to upkeep the national spirit and preserve the ethnic identity of the members... more »
Today, on the second day of RA Prime Minister's visit to the Republic of Belarus, Mr. A. Margaryan went to Victory Square and placed a wreath on the memorial complex built to the memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic war. Then, in the first half of the day, President Alexander Loukashenko and RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan had a t
Today the Armenian delegation led by Prime Minister A. Margaryan has left for Minsk, the capital of Belarus. This is the second official visit paid by the Prime Minister to the Republic of Belarus since his assumption to the office in 2000, which is taking place at the invitation of Belarusian Prime Minister Serguey Sidorski. The delegation is comprised of Minister of Finance and Economy Vardan Khachatryan, Minister of Territorial Administration Hovik Abrahamyan, Minister of Trade and... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received the chairman of the Senate group for French-Armenian friendship Senator Bernard Pirasse, Mayor of Bourg-de-Valence, and his first deputy Mr. Jacques Colette. Prime Minister A. Margaryan extended his gratitude to the French Senate for adoption of the law on recognition of the Armenian Genocide and added that Armenia appreciated very much Mr. Pirasse's personal contribution in this matter. According to him, the existing high-level... more »
Today a meeting of the state commission for preparation of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide has been held at the Office of Government under the chairmanship of Prime Minister A. Margaryan. The commission reviewed the progress in the implementation of program events. It took note of the outcome of the scheduled events and gave new instructions for the period ahead. Prime Minister A. Margaryan thanked commission members and all those who had made an active contribution to the... more »
