PM Holds Farewell Meeting With Seied Ali Saghayian
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received outgoing Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Seied Ali Saghayian. ”I believe our cooperation was quite effective during these years. Numerous projects have been designed and implemented with friendly Iran through your personal contribution,” the Prime Minister said. Tigran Sargsyan thanked the Ambassador for his tenure-long efforts toward the strengthening of bilateral ties. Seied Ali Saghayian noted that subject to the political... more »
Draft National RIO+20 Report Approved
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the National Council on Sustainable Development held a regular meeting at the Office of Government. Minister for Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandyan and Minister of Environmental Protection Aram Haroutunyan reported back the activities carried out in preparation for the Rio +20 World Summit in Rio de Janeiro. In particular, the meeting took note of the National Coordinating Committee’s statement on the status of Rio +20 national evaluation... more »
PM Receives Russian Central Institute of Mechanical Engineering Representatives
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Russian Central Institute of Mechanical Engineering First Deputy Director-General Oleg Skorobogatov and Deputy Director-General Sergey Seredin. Attended by RF Ambassador to Armenia Vyacheslav Kovalenko and Embassy Adviser Viktor Krivopuskov, the meeting bore on the prospects of cooperation in the field of space exploration. In this context, the interlocutors looked at the possibility of launching an Armenian commercial satellite for... more »
Tigran Sargsyan Receives Diaspora Writers
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a group of Diaspora-based writers from France, Lebanon, Cyprus, Israel, who are in Armenia to attend the 6th Pan-Armenian Congress of Writers. The parties discussed issues relating to the preservation of the Armenian identity in the Diaspora, Armenian language and literature. The guests expressed willingness to continue advocating the mother tongue for the sake of literary heritage preservation and development. Note that earlier a few... more »
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan’s Genocide Victims Remembrance Day Message
Dear compatriots, Today - April 24 - is the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide which was planned and perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire. The executioners of our people sought to complete the physical extermination of our nation with a cultural genocide and the destruction of historical memory. Bowing before the memory of innocent victims, we can state today that the perpetrators missed the target. They failed to exterminate the Armenians or do away with our sense of ethnic... more »
Noravank Board of Trustees Holds Meeting
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Noravank Scientific-Educational Foundation Board of Trustees held a regular meeting at the Office of Government. Proceeding to the agenda, the Council referred to Noravank’s by-laws, main activities, Board of Trustees membership changes and the 2011 audit findings. Special courses were said to be hosted for the graduate students of the Research-Educational Center of the National Academy of Sciences, referred to as... more »
SME Development Council Discusses Amendments To Law On Licensing Fees
Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the Small and Medium-Size Enterprise Development Council met in an extraordinary session at the Office of Government. Addressing the meeting, the Prime Minister stated in part: “Today's meeting is dedicated to some provisions of the law on licensing fees. The issue has been a subject of heated debate since this norm came into application. Queries are being received from different sectors as to which way the provision should be applied and... more »
PM Receives High-Ranking UNESCO Officials
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Chairperson of UNESCO 36th Conference, Hungary’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO Katalin Bogya and Deputy Director-General of UNESCO Getachev Endiga. “We attach great importance to cooperation for a number of fundamental reasons. The first one has to do with the path covered by the Armenian nation. Armenians appreciate anything associated with our culture. As they fled the Genocide, our grandparents tried to save manuscripts instead... more »
Tigran Sargsyan Receives Governor of Milan
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Governor of Milan Guido Podesta. Welcoming the guest, the Prime Minister said: “We are glad to host you in Armenia. We should avail ourselves of this opportunity to find new ways of cooperation and build on the bilateral ties.” Noting that excellent relations are up with the Armenian community of Milan, Guido Podesta said cooperation can be successful in several prospective areas. As to the promotion of business relations, the... more »
Meeting With Mayor Of Venice
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received Mayor of Venice Giorgio Orsoni on his first-ever visit to Armenia in the framework of “Yerevan World Book Capital – 2012” project. The meeting was attended by Italian Ambassador to Armenia Bruno Scapini. ”I am happy to welcome you to Armenia, especially after the signing of a cooperation agreement between the two cities in Venice. I think it opens up a new chapter in our relations. Please rest assured of our keen interest in... more »
