To attend the 10th session of the Armenian-Russian intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation, a delegation headed by commission co-chair, RF Minister of Transport Igor Levitin will arrive in Armenia on October 18, 2008. On October 20, Igor Levitin will have a meeting with Armenian co-chair, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan as followed by the session opening ceremony. Tigran Sargsyan and Igor Levitin are scheduled to sign the Protocol of this 10th session to be prepared by... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried. "We want the US-Armenian relationship to go on strengthening. New possibilities have opened up for you: we have a new ambassador in Armenia and we would like to use these possibilities for the strengthening of bilateral relations. The region itself will benefit from a powerful, sovereign and democratic Armenia," Daniel Fried said and asked about the outcome of RA... more »
A session of RA government's charitable project coordination commission took place, chaired by commission head Simon Ter-Simonyan. 6 projects have been discussed. In particular, there have been approved 4 programs carried out by Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, referred to as "Equipping of secondary school in Khashtarak village of Tavush marz," "Furniture installation in the village hall of Ditavan village of Tavush marz," "Street lighting restoration in Shvanidzor, Nernadzor and Alvank... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation led by Head of European Commission Foreign Relations General Directorate Eneko Landaburu. The delegation comprised Sesary Bardinsky who is responsible for Armenia with the European agency, Victor Andres Maldonado, Head of South Caucasus and Central Asia Department and Raul Lutzenberger, Head of EU Delegation in Armenia. Eneko Landaburu said that the EU States and South Caucasian countries inclusive of Armenia have ushered in a new... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the leadership of the Armenian National Committee of America. The activities of the Committee, as well as the prospects for cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and Armenian lobbying groups were discussed during the meeting. Then, the Prime Minister met with US Trade Secretary Carlos Gutierres. The interlocutors touched upon a broad range of issues covering in particular the signing of interstate trade agreements, the availability of... more »
On a working visit to Washington, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan attended the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting's opening ceremony. Widely commented on by US and international experts, as well as by mass media for 3 weeks now, the global financial crisis was the highlight of the day. According to IMF Executive Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the financial crisis should not lead to reduced assistance for developing countries. This standpoint aroused a lot of controversy among the... more »
RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with IMF Executive Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The head of RA government and the top IMF official discussed the global economic crisis, the downward trends of oil prices and their eventual implications on Armenia's economy. The parties have referred to the possibility of establishing an IMF representative office in Yerevan. According to a preliminary arrangement, the latter shall back Armenian reforms. Earlier a World Bank representative came to... more »
On October 11, 2008, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with World Bank Dutch Group Executive Director Herman Wijfels. Mr. Wijfels is due to hand over this post to Rood Trefers who was present during the meeting. The agenda featured discussion of the global financial crisis, the imminent crisis in Russia and its implications for Armenia. The parties also discussed the losses caused to Armenia's economy by the Georgia-South Ossetia conflict. Herman Wijfels stated that notwithstanding the... more »
The RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan-led delegation's working visit started with a meeting held at the Office of Millenium Challenge Corporation CEO, Ambassador John Danilovich. Ambassador Danilovich appreciated the cooperation with the Republic of Armenia and expressed confidence that the cooperation with the Armenian side would keep on developing in future. In turn, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan touched upon some issues of mutual concern. The Prime Minister further presented the... more »
On October 9-15, 2008, RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan will be off to the United Sates for a working visit to attend the World Bank/IMF Annual Meeting in capital Washington. The Prime Minister-led delegation will comprise Minister of Economy Nerces Yeritzyan, Minister of Finance Tigran Davtyan, Senior Economic Adviser to RA President Vahram Nercissyantz, Chief of Government Staff David Sargsyan, Central Bank of Armenia Chairman Arthur Javadyan, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Arman... more »
