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RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan Receives the Special Representative of the CoE Secretary General to the RA20.12.2012

RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan Receives the Special Representative of the CoE Secretary General to the RA

On December 20 the President of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan received the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Silvia-Maria Zehe in connection with the completion of her mission in Armenia. The NA President thanked Ms Zehe for cooperation and the work done, noting that from 2008 she had promoted the implementation of the programmes of the Council of Europe in Armenia, having contribution to the process of democracy, human rights and... more →

RA NA President Receives the Ambassador of Kazakhstan20.12.2012

RA NA President Receives the Ambassador of Kazakhstan

On December 20 the RA NA Presidnet Hovik Abrahamyan received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador Ayimdos Bozzhigitov of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the RA. In the course of the meeting the sides discussed a number of issues concerning the cooperation of two countries. They highlighted the activation of cooperation in different spheres, the development and deepening of inter-parliamentary relations.  more →

President Serzh Sargsyan received Armenian-Syrian entrepreneurs 20.12.2012

President Serzh Sargsyan received Armenian-Syrian entrepreneurs

Today, President Serzh Sargsyan received the Armenian-Syrian entrepreneurs from different business areas who have moved to Armenia. Present at the meeting were also the Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sarkissian, Ministers of Diaspora and Economy, Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee, and other responsible officials. At the beginning of the gathering, the President noted that he was aware of the meetings held by the Armenian-Syrian entrepreneurs in different Armenian state... more →

National Youth Policy Council Holds Meeting19.12.2012

National Youth Policy Council Holds Meeting

 Chaired by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, the new membership of the National Youth Policy Council met in the Office of Government. The meeting first summed up the activities carried out in 2009-2012, then discussed the second analytical part of the National Youth Report of Armenia. The Council went on to review the 2013-2017 youth policy strategy and action plan of the Republic of Armenia. The Prime Minister instructed to finalize the paper based on the proposals voiced at the... more →

NA Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces Sign a Memorandum of Understanding19.12.2012

NA Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs and the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces Sign a Memorandum of Understanding

On December 19 a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the NA Standing Committee on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs and the Geneva Center for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). Its goal is to provide the efficiency of the democratic control of the RA security. The Committee Chairman Koryun Nahapetyan and the Deputy Director DCAF Philipp Fluri signed the Memorandum. The sides will cooperate in the sidelines of the committee activity for the rise of the... more →

National Assembly Ends the Work of the Extraordinary Session19.12.2012

National Assembly Ends the Work of the Extraordinary Session

On December 19 at the extraordinary session convened on the initiative of the RA Government the RA National Assembly continued debating the bill submitted in the second reading “On Amending the RA Law The Rules of Procedure of the National Assembly” authored by Davit Harutyunyan and Arpine Hovhannisyan. The Head of the RPA faction Galust Sahakyan said that the faction would vote for the draft law. The co-author of the bill Arpine Hovhannisyan in her final speech touched... more →