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 »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan has received a delegation headed by Country Director of the Millenium Challenge Account Mr. Alex Razin. The delegation has arrived in our country to discuss Armenia's proposals for support under the Account. At the outset of the meeting, on behalf of Account President Paul Appleguard, Mr. Razin thanked the Prime Minister and the Armenian government for an expedited and accurate design of the Armenian national program. In briefing his guests on the... more »
Today RA Prime Minister A. Margaryan, who is in the Republic of Belarus on official visit, has met with the representatives of the Armenian community. Georgy Yeghiazaryan, chairman of the Minsk-based "Armenia" cultural-educational association, which is largest of the 3 Armenian organizations operating in Belarus, and other representatives of the community advised the Prime Minister that they were doing their utmost to upkeep the national spirit and preserve the ethnic identity of the members... more »
Today, on the second day of RA Prime Minister's visit to the Republic of Belarus, Mr. A. Margaryan went to Victory Square and placed a wreath on the memorial complex built to the memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic war. Then, in the first half of the day, President Alexander Loukashenko and RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan had a t
