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06.12.2012
National Assembly Ends the Work of the Last Four-Day Sittings of the Autumn Session
On December 6 the RA National Assembly continued the work of the four-day sittings and by voting passed the bills debated on the previous day. As a result of voting, the interpellation “On Elaborating Action Program of the Economic Competitive Protection and Anti-Oligarchic Policy” presented by the ANC faction was not passed. Then the parliament continued to debate the package of bills envisaging amendments to the RA law “On Circulation Tax” and to a number of... more →
05.12.2012
Tigran Sargsyan Welcomes Eurasian Economic Commission Board Chairman
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan received a delegation headed by Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Board Chairman Victor Khristenko. Looking at EEC-Armenia cooperation prospects and directions, the parties discussed regional integration processes, including the Customs Union. The head of government was briefed on the Customs Union-related developments, including the achievements and the legal framework. Referring to Armenia’s euro-integration effort, Tigran Sargsyan said... more →
05.12.2012
NA President Receives the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Greece to the RA
On December 5 the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic to the RA Ioannis Taghis. Welcoming the Ambassador the President of the parliament congratulated him on assuming the post and expressed conviction that due to his activity the Armenian-Greek bilateral relations would be strengthened. In his word, the traditional friendly relations established between Armenia and Greece, serve as an important pledge for... more →
05.12.2012
On December 5 the Chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Artak Zakaryan met with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to the RA Stepan Sukhorenko and his first deputy Valery Gorelko. In the course of the meeting issues pertaining to the development of the inter-parliamentary of the two countries were discussed. In particular, the role of inter-parliamentary cooperation was highlighted in the strengthening of bilateral relations.... more →
05.12.2012
Members of Armenia-France Friendship Group Sum Up the Results of the Visit to France
On November 25-29 at the invitation of the French Senate the Delegation of the RA NA Armenia-France Friendship Group left for France, which also took part in the works of the roundtable on the theme “Nagorno Karabakh: Peace and Dialogue.” The members of the delegation summed the results of the visit at the press conference in the NA on December 5. Ara Babloyan, Head of the RA NA Armenia-France Friendship Group said that the members of the group had different meetings in the... more →
05.12.2012
President Sargsyan, who is in Turkmenistan on a working visit, participated today at the Council of the Heads of the CIS member states in Ashgabat. At the sessions conducted first in the closed and later in the extended formats, the Heads of the CIS member states delegations discussed and adopted over two dozens of documents pertinent to the deepening of cooperation in the economic and humanitarian areas, security and some other areas. It was decided to hold the next meeting of the Heads... more →