Today RA government commission on coordination of charitable programs has met, presided at by commission Chairman S. Ter-Simonyan. The commission has discussed 6 charitable programs, including: a "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund-implemented program referred to as "Improvement of the mountain skiing complex in Tsakhkadzor village of Kotayk marz of Armenia," a Holy See of Etchmiadzin-implemented program entitled "Construction of a church in Berd town," the "Purchase of Technical Hardware"... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received Executive Officer of the Organizing Committee for preparations of the congress of representatives of those Armenians saved from the Great Armenian Genocide Karen Mikayelian. Prioritizing the deepening of ties and cooperation between different sections of the Armenian Diaspora, the distribution of roles in the drive for the implementation of our national goals and programs, Karen Mikayelian briefed the Prime Minister on the work done since 2000 to... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan's Statement at Presentation of 2008 Draft State Budget Law
Honorable President of the National Assembly, Dear Members of Parliament, Dear Members of Government, Ladies and Gentlemen: In accordance with Article 90 of the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, the Government of the Republic of Armenia is hereby submitting to the National Assembly the 2008 draft State budget law. The 2008 draft State budget law is quite ambitious: as a starting-point for the second-generation reforms, it envisages increase in both revenue and... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation headed by Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Sergey Stanishev who is in Armenia on official visit. After the Prime Ministers' private talks, the delegations of the two countries came together in an enlarged meeting to discuss a broad range of issues concerning the Armenian-Bulgarian relations and the cooperation in different fields. Greeting the RB Prime Minister-led delegation, Serzh Sargsyan said that our country... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation led by Lithuanian National Defense Minister Yozas Olekas. During the meeting, it has been emphasized on either side that there is a broad circle of areas where the defense ministers of Armenia and Lithuania could collaborate to the mutual advantage. Minister Yozas Olekas expressed his appreciation of Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan's personal contribution to the development of the bilateral relationship by mentioning that as... more »
Tomorrow, on November 13, Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria Sergey Stanishev will arrive in Armenia on a 3-day official visit. The RB Prime Minister led-delegation will comprise Bulgaria's Ambassador to Armenia Stephan Dimitrov, leader of Coalition for the Sake of Bulgaria parliamentary faction Mikhail Mikov, Chair of Bulgarian Parliament's Bulgarian-Armenian Friendship Group Ruben Krikoryan, Chief of RB Prime Minister's Staff Philip Bokov, President of State Agency on Youth Affairs... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan met with President of the Bank of Netherlands Nood Velink. By mentioning that the two countries enjoyed sufficiently warm and friendly relations, the President of the Bank of Netherlands said to be pleased with the current level of cooperation between his Bank and the Central Bank of Armenia. "We are proud about the technical assistance we are providing to the CBA in central bank-related matters and we deem that the cooperation is developing successfully,"-... more »
Statement by Chairman of the Republican Party of Armenia, RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan at the 11th Congress of the RPA
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Republicans, Dear Guests, First of all, I wish to thank you for having put forward of my candidature for the presidential elections of the Republic. Following the parliamentary elections of last May, we have come to be facing a new political situation with these elections having radically changed the status of our party. Now we have a majority in Parliament and this makes the Republican Party of Armenia responsible for the future of our people... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received Foreign Minister of Lithuania Petra Vaitiekunas. The Prime Minister has said that Armenia is interested in the development of relationship with Lithuania on both bilateral and multilateral levels and expressed hope that this visit of the Lithuanian Foreign Minister would promote the dialog between our two countries. On behalf of his country ' s authorities, Minister Vaitiekunas, too, has expressed readiness to further strengthen the relations... more »
RA Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan received the delegation led by Defense and Army Support Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Major-General Mohammad Najari. The Prime Minister of Armenia and the Iranian Defense and Army Support Minister stated with satisfaction the high level of the Armenian-Iranian relationship and emphasized the importance of realizing those development-oriented arrangements reached between the Presidents of the two countries. Minister Mohammad Najari took the... more »
