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RA NA President Awarded Vartkes Mahdessian
On August 14 the RA NA President Galust Sahakyan awarded Medal of the RA NA President to Vartkes Mahdessian, Representative of the Armenian Religious Group in the House of Representatives of Cyprus, for his great contribution to the advancement of the Armenian-Cyprian interparliamentary relations, as well as Armenian Diaspora in Cyprus . The RA NA President wished Vartkes Mahdessian new successes in his pro-Armenian activity. more →
Armenia-Iran economic relations to be upgraded
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. Opening the meeting, the Prime Minister advised that another document on resumption of engineering activities for the third Armenia-Iran high-voltage transmission line was signed a few days ago, which means that the process is launched and construction will start next week. Hovik Abrahamyan expressed confidence that stronger cooperation with Iran, especially in the energy sector, will contribute to a... more →
Discussion on Planned Audit of Armenia Electric Networks CJSC Held in Government
Chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, a consultative meeting on the planned audit of Armenia Electric Networks (AEN) CJSC was held today in the Office of Government. The meeting also reviewed the results of invitations sent to international consulting companies regarding the feasibility and possible improvement of tariffs set in the energy system by the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC). Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yervand Zakharyan reported progress in... more →
PM Holds Farewell Meeting with Netherlands Ambassador
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Hans Horbach (residence in Tbilisi), who is completing his diplomatic mission in our country. The Premier thanked the Ambassador for tenure-long efforts toward strengthening and expanding Armenia-Netherlands relations. The Prime Minister said Armenia is ready to intensify political, economic and trade exchanges and cooperation in all fields of mutual interest. ... more →
First six months’ results are encouraging
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. At the beginning of the meeting, informing that the National Statistical Service has published the results of economic activity for the first six months of 2015, the Prime Minister gave the floor to Vice Prime Minister Vache Gubrielyan. Vache Gabrielyan: Mr. Prime Minister, the summary published by the National Statistical Service indicates that the rate of economic activity in the first six months... more →
Government Discusses Aviation Development Agenda
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan chaired a meeting, which discussed progress and prospects of Armenia’s aviation sector reforms. The meeting was attended by representatives from Armenia offices of international donor organizations - USAID, World Bank, International Monetary Fund - as well as Armenia Development Initiatives (IDeA) charitable foundation and government agencies. The meeting discussed a wide range of issues related to the Government’s “open skies”... more →