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Prime Minister: Government to continue reforms in the sphere of local self-government07.11.2014

Prime Minister: Government to continue reforms in the sphere of local self-government

 Attended by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, the fourth annual conference of rural communities kicked off in Jermuk. The conference is to discuss topical issues relevant to local government and rural communities involving all stakeholders. Welcoming the forum on behalf of his government and himself, the Prime Minister said that the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Association of Armenian Communities-hosted forums have already become traditional in nature, turning into an... more →

Sitting of the RA NA-NKR NA Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation is Held07.11.2014

Sitting of the RA NA-NKR NA Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation is Held

 On November 7 the tenth sitting of the RA NA-NKR NA Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation was held. The RA NA and the NKR NA deputies took part in the jubilee sitting. In his opening speech the RA NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan welcomed the guests in the RA National Assembly and congratulated the attendees on the occasion of the tenth sitting of the Inter-Parliamentary Committee on Cooperation between the two parliaments. The RA NA Speaker has noted that the activity of the... more →

URUGUAY’S NEWLY-APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT07.11.2014

URUGUAY’S NEWLY-APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA PRESENTS HIS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT

 The newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to the Republic of Armenia Juan Ojeda today presented his credentials to President Serzh Sargsyan. The President congratulated Ambassador Ojeda on starting his diplomatic mission in our country and wished him success. Serzh Sargsyan expressed the hope that during his tenure, the newly-appointed ambassador will do his best to strengthen and develop ties between Armenia and Uruguay,... more →

SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES DELEGATION HEADED BY NKR NA SPEAKER07.11.2014

SERZH SARGSYAN RECEIVES DELEGATION HEADED BY NKR NA SPEAKER

 President Serzh Sargsyan today received a delegation headed by the Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Ashot Ghoulian. The delegation has arrived in Armenia to participate in the 10th session of the RA NA and the NKR NA Inter-parliamentary Committee on Cooperation. Welcoming the guests, the Armenian President expressed satisfaction with the fact that over the recent years Armenia’s and Nagorno-Karabakh’s public administration... more →

Letter from the Deputy Chair of the All-China Women’s Federation and the member of the Secretariat Yu Hongqiu to the RA NA Deputy Speaker, Chairman of RPA Women’s Council Hermine07.11.2014

Letter from the Deputy Chair of the All-China Women’s Federation and the member of the Secretariat Yu Hongqiu to the RA NA Deputy Speaker, Chairman of RPA Women’s Council Hermine

 To: RA NA Deputy Speaker, Chairman of RPA Women’s Council Mrs. Hermine Naghdalyan Dear Mrs. Naghdalyan, With the friendship of our Armenian sisters my colleagues and I have safely returned to China. On behalf of the members of the delegation and on my own behalf let me express our gratitude to you and your colleagues. Although it was a short visit but we are deeply impressed by it. Thanks to your active work we had warm and friendly discussions with the RA... more →

Government Structure To Be Changed06.11.2014

Government Structure To Be Changed

 A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, the Prime Minister introduced the proposed changes to the government structure, which aim to provide an effective management system. In particular, it is proposed to take off the Ministry of Emergency Situations from the composition of the Government of the Republic of Armenia and attach to the Ministry of Territorial Administration. Instead, a new ministry will be created... more →