Today RA government commission for the coordination of charitable programs has held an ordinary meeting presided at by Mr. S. Ter-Simonyan, chairman of the commission. The commission has discussed 16 charitable programs, including: the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund-implemented construction of a boiler-house for the Stepanakert municipal outpatient clinic, building of a power sub-station, installation of gas and provision of amenities, improvement of the sports-ground in the school after Lord... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received Russian Minister for Territorial Development Vladimir Yakovlev who has arrived in Armenia to participate in the 21st meeting of the intergovernmental council on the cooperation in building and construction affairs between the CIS States. Mr. Vladimir Yakovlev and the Armenian Minister of Urban Development briefed the Prime Minister on the agenda and proceedings of the intergovernmental council
Today the Women's Council under RA Prime Minister has met at the Office of Government. The Council was briefed on the proceedings of the 49th session of the UN Commission on Women's Status held from February 26 to March 12 in New York and the results of the Armenian delegation's participation therein. The Session as preceded by a preparatory period had the goal of analyzing the achievements and the problems encountered, as well as the strategy to embrace for the fulfillment of... more »
Today, at the Office of Government, RA Minister of Territorial Administration Hovik Abrahamyan has received a delegation headed by Italian Minister for Territorial Administration Enrico Laloggia. Discussed were a broad range of matters regarding power de-centralization policies, the cooperation between territorial administration bodies and local self-government entities, bilateral economic collaboration and other issues of mutual concern. Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan briefed his Italian... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has visited the Town Hall of Yerevan to get acquainted with the new working environment at the recently commissioned premises of the municipality. The Prime Minister also went the rounds of the galleries in the Yerevan Museum of History, familiarized himself with those paintings, archeological and ethnographic exhibits reproducing the past and modern history of the capital city. In summarizing the activities already completed and the plans for the future,... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received permanent representative of the UNDP and UN resident coordinator in Armenia Ms. Lise Grande upon completion of her mission in Armenia. Highly appreciative of Ms. Grande's past activities in our country, the Prime Minister emphasized her services in ensuring Armenia's participation in the UN proceedings. The head of government thanked Ms. Lise Grande for the valuable assistance extended to the Armenian government in several areas,... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received co-rapporteurs of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) monitoring commission Jerzi Jaskernia, George Coloumbier and commission secretary Bonny Theophilova. The meeting was attended by the members of the Anti-Corruption Commission under RA Prime Minister. To begin with, Mr. Jaskernia felicitated Mr. A. Margaryan on the 5th anniversary of his assumption of office. With reference to the subject under review, Mr.... more »
Remarks by RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan at the 2nd Congress of RA Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Dear Delegates and Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the government of the Republic of Armenia and myself, I greet you and wish the Congress successful outcome. The government-initiated process of establishing a new system of chambers of commerce and industry was the requirement of the time over 3 years ago. Against a background of on-going market-oriented reforms, the executive was pursuing clear-cut policies in the matters concerning the country's economic development: a... more »
Address by RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan on the Occasion of the Victory and Peace Day of May 9
Dear Compatriots, Dear Veterans of War and Participants of the Freedom Fight for Artsakh: I am extending to you warmest congratulations on the Victory and Peace Day of May 9, which has a double meening for us. This year the whole mankind is marking the 60th anniversary of the victory had over fascism in the Great Patriotic War and the end of World War II. There is something behind the fact that on this 9th of May, 13 years will have passed since the liberation of Shushi... more »
Today, at the Office of Government, RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received an Iranian delegation led by Iran's Deputy Minister of Oil Asdollah Saleh Forouz. The parties have discussed the progress in the construction of Iran-Armenia gas pipeline and a number of issues concerning the bilateral cooperation in the field of energy. Satisfied in the whole with the curent status of economic cooperation between the two countries and the pace of implementation of various joint programs... more »
