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Ara Babloyan Receives UK Ambassador to Republic of Armenia20.06.2017

Ara Babloyan Receives UK Ambassador to Republic of Armenia

On June 20, the RA NA Speaker Ara Babloyan received Judith Farnworth, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the RA. Welcoming the Ambassador in the RA National Assembly, Ara Babloyan talked with pain about the terrorist attacks occurred in London during the last one month, which caused numerous casualties. The RA NA Speaker noted: “Armenia strictly condemns the crimes committed against mankind by the terrorist... more →

PRESIDENT HOLDS CONSULTATION ON ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION AGENDA20.06.2017

PRESIDENT HOLDS CONSULTATION ON ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN COOPERATION AGENDA

As part President-chaired meetings dedicated to the economic component of Armenia’s foreign policy, President Serzh Sargsyan called today a consultation to discuss economic relations and cooperation between the Republic of Armenia and the Russian Federation. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vardan Toghanyan informed the President about the implementation of joint programs aimed at the furtherance of allied relations... more →

Young Republicans made a pilgrimage to Spitakavor, where the remains of Garegin Nzhdeh are buried 19.06.2017

Young Republicans made a pilgrimage to Spitakavor, where the remains of Garegin Nzhdeh are buried

On 17 June - on the commemoration day of the Armenian military leader and statesman, national ideologist and thinker Garegin Nzhdeh, on the initiative of the Ideological Commission of RPA Youth Organization about 100 young Republicans participated in the pilgrimage to Spitakavor. It should be mentioned that the remains of Garegin Nzhdeh were secretly buried in the yard of Spitakavor Monastery of Vayots Dzor region on 17 June, 1987 nearby Vernashen village. This year we mark the 30th... more →

Ara Babloyan Receives NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia13.06.2017

Ara Babloyan Receives NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia

On June 13, the RA NA President Ara Babloyan received the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai. Welcoming James Appathurai in the National Assembly, Ara Babloyan has documented that the relations with NATO are based on partnership. According to the RA NA President’s words, Armenia’s participation in the Partnership for Peace program is assessed as an important component of the multi-layer security system of... more →

Taron Margaryan takes his oath and assumes office of Yerevan Mayor12.06.2017

Taron Margaryan takes his oath and assumes office of Yerevan Mayor

The inauguration ceremony of the newly-elected Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan was held during the solemn meeting of the Council of Elders of Yerevan convened on June 12. In accordance with part 1, Paragraph 47 of the RA Law “On local self-governance in the city of Yerevan” Yerevan Mayor assigns his powers by the order determined by law-by taking his oath during the meeting of the Council of Elders called on the third calendar day after election. According to the same law, the... more →

Prime Minister Meets Georgian First Deputy Prime Minister10.06.2017

Prime Minister Meets Georgian First Deputy Prime Minister

Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan met today with the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance Dimitri Kumsishvili-led Georgian delegation in attendance of the annual meeting of the Belgium and the Netherlands-led subgroup of International Monetary Fund and World Bank, which is being held in Dilijan. The Armenian Prime Minister and the First Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia discussed the agenda of bilateral relations, including economic cooperation-related issues, in particular. ... more →