RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Hellenic Republic to the Republic of Armenia Ioannis Corinthios. First, the Prime Minister congratulated the Ambassador on his appointment and expressed hope that his activities will help strengthen the Armenian-Greek relationship and boost the centuries-old friendship between our two peoples. "I am happy the economic cooperation between our two countries has come to keep pace with... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan had a meeting with Catholicos of All-Armenians Garegin the Second at the Office of Government. The meeting agenda featured discussion of questions concerning the relationship and cooperation between the Church and the State.
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation of Russian art and culture workers, led by Head of RF Federal Agency for Culture and Cinematography Mikhail Shvydkoy. The delegation comprised Director General of the Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, Artistic Director of the Moscow Drama Theater, USSR People's Artist Armen Djigarkhanyan, Russian Federation People's Artist, actor of the Academic Theater after Maiakovsky Igor Kostolevsky, Russian Federation People's Artist Veniamin Smekhov,... more »
RA government commission on coordination of charitable programs met, presided at by commission chairman S. Ter-Simonyan. The commission reviewed 13 programs, including a program carried out by Armenia's State Museum of Nature SNCO, another program carried out by the National Fund for Science and Advanced Technologies referred to as "Support to Activity of Synchrotron Radiation-based Scientific Research Center by the Yerevan State University," the "Anoushavan Abrahamyan" educational... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan welcomed the delegation of foreign journalists representing: the Russian Federation, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, China. During the meeting, the journalists have asked several questions on most various themes concerning the current level of Armenia's relations with the these countries, the prospects for the development and strengthening of these relations, the economy of Armenia and the forthcoming programs of the RA Government,... more »
The Council of Social Investment Fund of Armenia met at the Office of Government, presided at by council chairman, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. Executive Director of the Fund Ashot Kirakosyan reported back the main results of Fund activity for the third quarter of 2007 and for the first 9 months of this year. He noted that the third program of the Fund started at the end of December, 2006. Certain procedural changes had been made in the infrastructural component of this program,... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received Canadian businessmen Jonathan Goodman, James Smoly and Canadian-Armenian entrepreneur, Prof. Azad Vardanyan. The Goodman family is the founder of a number of companies in a variety of fields with over USD 65 billion worth of assets. Jonathan Goodman is the owner and the president of Dundee Precious Metals Ltd, which is engaged in the exploration and development of deposits of precious metals. The company is represented in Armenia by Dino Gold Ltd,... more »
Today the Governing Council of Millenium Challenge Account-Armenia SNCO has met at the Office of Government, presided at by Council Chairman, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. To begin with, the Prime Minister congratulated the new members of the Council on their appointment and wished them successful work, among which Chairman of the Armenian Aldermen's Association Araik Hovanisyan, President of Agro-Development NGO Ashot Voskanyan, Director of the Applied Agricultural Research Fund... more »
Today a session of the Council of Armenian Development Agency CJSC has been held in the Office of Government, presided at by Council Chairman, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan. The meeting has discussed the report on the work done over the past 10 months of 2007, the 2008 action plan and the budget of the agency, questions relating to Armenia's participation in Shanghai Expo-2010 world exposition, as well as several organizational matters. Before proceeding to the agenda,... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received Secretary-General of the Universal Confederation of Trade Unions Vladimir Shcherbakov and Chairman of Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia Martin Harutiunyan. Vladimir Shcherbakov spoke with satisfaction about the ongoing cooperation with the Confederation of Trade Unions of Armenia and its long-standing Chairman. He expressed confidence that this traditionally productive cooperation would be continued in future. The Secretary-General of the... more »
