Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received a Lithuanian delegation headed by Mr. Gediminas Kirkilas, Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Lithuania. In stating the recent progress in the relationship between Armenia and Lietuva as for the revival of the traditional ties and the strengthening of political and economic contacts, the Prime Minister noted that the existing trends could be upheld by reciprocated high-level visits and extensive discussions of a broad range of... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received a World Bank delegation led by Mr. Roger Robinson, head of the WB Armenia Office. Discussed were issues concerning the implementation of the 3rd stage of Poverty Reduction Support Facility provided to Armenia by the Bank. Satisfied with the pace and trends of economic growth in Armenia, the head of the World Bank's Armenia Office emphasized the need in the creation of a solid base to ensure that the present achievements were maintained in... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received the delegation headed by Mr. Herman De Kroo, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Kingdom of Belgium, which has arrived in Armenia on a two-day official visit. By indicating the recent activation of bilateral contacts between Belgium and Armenia, especially following RA President's working visit to Brussels in December, 2003, the Prime Minister expressed the hope that this would be conducive to the further expansion of both... more »
Today the commission for coordination of activities for the design of a national program for the implementation of the PCA signed between the Republic of Armenia and EU-member States has held a meeting presided at by Prime Minister A. Margaryan at the Office of Government. The commission discussed the progress report for the above-said activities within the established commission task forces, as well as other relevant issues of topical interest. In presenting the work completed by the... more »
Today RA government commission for coordination of charitable programs has held an ordinary meeting presided at by Mr. S. Ter-Simonyan, chairman of the commission. The commission has discussed 5 charitable programs. In particular, discussed and approved were: the project for the completion of the second stage of construction of the Trinity Church in Yerevan by the Holy See of Etchmiadzin, 2 projects for construction work in Arabkir community church and in St. Sarkis Church of Nor... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received regional director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Mr. Michael Davy, acting director of the Armenia Office of the Bank Mr. Nikolai Hajiski and head of the Yerevan Office Mr. Michael Weinstein. By introducing the newly appointed head of the Yerevan Office, Mr. Michael Davy indicated that Mr. Michael Weinstein's activities would be supported by the already established framework of efficient cooperation with the... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan, Chairman of the RPA Political Council, has participated in a meeting of Party representatives held on the 15th anniversary of the founding of the Republican Party of Armenia. The meeting was also attended by those Party and Council members holding mandates of MP or high positions in the executive power, as well as the heads of different organizational units of the RPA and several guests. The statement delivered by the Prime Minister at the meeting... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. Discussed were issues with relation to the further strengthening of State-Church relationship. The Catholicos thanked the Prime Minister and the Armenian government for their decision of February, 2005 regarding the free transfer to the Armenian Apostolic Church of the ownership of such State-registered plots of land as had previously been made available to the Apostolic Church-owned... more »
Today the standing intergovernmental commission for cooperation between the governments of the Republic of Armenia and the NKR has met in a joint session co-chaired by RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan and NKR Prime Minister Anoushavan Danielyan and attended by members from the two Cabinets. The commission discussed the draft program of action for the long-term cooperation between RA and NKR governments. The program had been developed in commission working groups and forwarded to line... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received Anatoly Dryukov, the out-going Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Armenia. Highly appreciative of the ambassador's 7-year long activities in Armenia, which went a long way towards strengthening and furthering the cooperation between our two countries, the Prime Minister expressed the hope that Mr. Dryukov's successor would build on the achievements had over the past few years. For his part, Mr.... more »
