Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received regional director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Mr. Michael Davy, acting director of the Armenia Office of the Bank Mr. Nikolai Hajiski and head of the Yerevan Office Mr. Michael Weinstein. By introducing the newly appointed head of the Yerevan Office, Mr. Michael Davy indicated that Mr. Michael Weinstein's activities would be supported by the already established framework of efficient cooperation with the... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan, Chairman of the RPA Political Council, has participated in a meeting of Party representatives held on the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Republican Party of Armenia. The meeting was also attended by those Party and Council members holding mandates of MP or high positions in the executive power, as well as the heads of different organizational units of the RPA and several guests. The statement delivered by the Prime Minister at the meeting... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. Discussed were issues with relation to the further strengthening of State-Church relationship. The Catholicos thanked the Prime Minister and the Armenian government for their decision of February, 2005 regarding the free transfer to the Armenian Apostolic Church of the ownership of such State-registered plots of land as had previously been made available to the Apostolic Church-owned... more »
Today the standing intergovernmental commission for cooperation between the governments of the Republic of Armenia and the NKR has met in a joint session co-chaired by RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan and NKR Prime Minister Anoushavan Danielyan and attended by members from the two Cabinets. The commission discussed the draft program of action for the long-term cooperation between RA and NKR governments. The program had been developed in commission working groups and forwarded to line... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received Anatoly Dryukov, the out-going Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Armenia. Highly appreciative of the ambassador's 7-year long activities in Armenia, which went a long way towards strengthening and furthering the cooperation between our two countries, the Prime Minister expressed the hope that Mr. Dryukov's successor would build on the achievements had over the past few years. For his part, Mr.... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received the delegation of the chiefs of a number of tribe groups based in the north-eastern regions of Syria. Some of them are members of the National Assembly of Syria. The delegation has arrived in Armenia at the initiative of the Armenian community of Syria in the framework of observations of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. By evoking the traditional ties of friendship between the Armenian and Syrian peoples, Prime Minister A.... more »
On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of late political figure and founder of the Republican Party of Armenia Mr. Ashot Navasardyan's birth, RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has paid a visit to Mr. Navasardyan's tomb at Yerhablour cemetery. Later today the Prime Minister attended a remembrance party held on same occasion in the concert hall after Arno Babajanyan. In his remarks delivered in memory of the founder of the RPA and his ideological companion, Mr. A. Margaryan said, in particular:... more »
Today the RA Anti-Corruption Council has held a meeting presided at by RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan, head of the Council. Discussed were issues bearing on the progress made in the implementation of the Armenian government's anti-corruption strategy and program of action., the status of cooperation with international organizations and the fulfilment of the international commitments assumed by Armenia. The meeting also discussed other issues of topical interest. Concerning the... more »
Today the Business Support Council (BSC) has held a meeting at the Office of Government, which was presided at by Prime Minister A. Margaryan, Chairman of the BSC. The Council examined the progress in the discharge of the tasks set at the previous meeting, reviewed the 2004 annual report on BSC activities, discussed the study project for the assessment of administrative procedures applicable to entrepreneurship in Armenia as implemented by the World Bank and the IFC's Foreign Investment... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has convened a meeting of the organizing committee for the coordination of preparations for pan-Armenian events. Discussed was the progress in the discharge of the tasks set at the previous meeting and in the implementation of the activities envisaged under the 2005 program of pan-Armenian events. The program features over a dozen of events in the fields of health care, youth affairs, education, science, culture, sports etc. The meeting decided that... more »
