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06.06.2014
At the Sittings of the RA NA Standing Committees
On June 6 the NA Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs moderated by Hovhannes Sahakyan debated and endorsed a group of bills, which would be included in the draft laws of the agendas of the NA spring and upcoming four-day sittings. The RA Deputy Head of Police adjunct to the RA Government Artur Osikyan submitted for debate in the first reading the draft law “On Amending the RA Law on Refugees and Asylum.” By the presentation of the RA Deputy Minister of... more →
05.06.2014
Armenian Premier, Russian Minister of Transport discuss improvement of Upper Lars checkpoint
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan had a telephone conversation with RF Minister of Transport, Russian co-chair of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation Maxim Sokolov. In particular, they focused on the repair of some sections of the Upper Lars checkpoint. Stressing the importance of the Upper Lars checkpoint to bilateral trade turnover, the Premier said that the problem of frequent landslides and snowdrifts caused by adverse climatic conditions needs to be addressed... more →
05.06.2014
Armenian Premier, Kuwaiti Ambassador Discuss Armenian-Kuwaiti Relationship
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan received Kuwaiti Ambassador to Armenia Mr. Bassam Muhammad Alqabandi. Welcoming the Ambassador, Hovik Abrahamyan stressed the need to further and expand the Armenian-Kuwaiti relations. “ As Prime Minister, I am ready to do my best to activate political, economic and cultural relations between Armenia and Kuwait ,” the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister conveyed an invitation for His Highness Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al- Hamad Al -Sabah... more →
05.06.2014
Armenian Parliamentarians on a Working Visit in Japan
On June 2-4 the Chairman of Armenia-Japan Parliamentary Friendship Group Samvel Farmanyan and the Deputy Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Alexander Arzumanyan were in Japan on a working visit. In Tokyo the Armenian parliamentarians had a meeting with Takeaki Matsumoto, the Chairman of Japan-Armenia Parliamentary Friendship Association, the former Foreign Minister of Japan. During the meeting the sides highlighted the further intensification of... more →
04.06.2014
RA NA President Galust Sahakyan Receives the Charges d’Affaires of Syria to the RA
On June 4 the RA NA President Galust Sahakyan received Essam Nayyal, Charges d’Affaires of Syria to the RA. The Head of Armenia-Syria Friendship Group Khosrov Harutyunyan and the NA General Secretary Hrayr Tovmasyan attended the meeting. During the meeting the sides discussed issues regarding the Armenian-Syrian relations and regional problems, highlighted the further development of the inter-parliamentary cooperation. The NA President Galust Sahakyan noted that the... more →
04.06.2014
A tribute of respect to the memory of the victims of Armenian Genocide
The Acting Chairman of the OSCE, the President of the Swiss Confederation, the head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs Didier Burkhalter who arrived in the republic of Armenia with an official visit accompanied by Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan and the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandyan visited the Tsistsernakaberd memorial and put a wreath at the memorial and at the Eternal Fire commemorating the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Didier Burkhalter also planted a... more →