Today RA NA Speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan met with the representatives of the PACE Venice Commission. {BR} Pointing out to the necessity of cooperation with the Venice Commission within the processes of establishment of democracy, the NA Speaker said that there is a considerable difference between the previous drafts and the one that was adopted in the first reading. However, he noted, there are items...

June 1 Robert Kocharyan signed the laws on amendments and additions to the RA laws “On Safety of Food”, “On Language” and to the RA Code on Administrative violations. {BR}

On June 1, the OSCE Mission held a regular monitoring of the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan armed forces’ contact-line in the area of the settlement of Karakhanbeyli of the Fizuli region. {BR} From the positions of the NKR Defense Army, the monitoring mission was led by Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (PRCIO), Ambassador Andrzey Kasprzyk The group comprised Coordinator of...

Today RA NA President Arthur Baghdasaryan received US Senator Norm Coleman. {BR} The NA President informed the US Senator about the democratic and legal reforms taking place in Armenia, about the combat against corruption, the Armenian point of view in regional problems, and about our relations with neighbors. The NA President mentioned that for the success of these processes the support of the USA...

Today RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan received President of the US Senate Governmental Issues Commission Standing Committee on Investigations, senator Norm Coleman (Republican from the state of Minnesota, USA). {BR} During the conversation a wide range of issues about the Armenian-American relations and the political and economical developments of the region were discussed. Referring to the...

Today Robert Kocharyan has had a working meeting with the members of the Government discussing the problems of the people left shelterless after the Spitak earthquake. {BR} The President has said that he is not pleased with the speed and quality of the realization of the program providing the victims of the earthquake with houses. Kocharyan has mentioned that the program will be under his personal...

The Republican party condemns the encroachments towards the Ombudsman and her office and calls all the parties and governmental and non-governmental organizations to condemn them. {BR} Today the party has made an announcement in which they have once again reminded about the announcement of Larissa Alaverdyan about the attempts of the RA National Security Service to illegally control the work of the...

On May 31 Robert Kocharyan has signed the RA Law on Fines for the harms to the flora and fauna of the country because of ecological violations. {BR} The President has also signed the Laws on amending the RA Laws on Economic competition protection, Social defense of the disabled, and Confirmed Payments.

Today the RA Government session took place which was presided over by Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan. The government has made several decisions directed to the improving of the social-economical situation of the country in order to secure the progress of the second loan from the World Bank to reduce poverty. {BR} The Government has confirmed the creation of the RA Committee of Geographical objects...

Today the Spanish Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Armenia Francisco Kavengt Marquis de Denerva has handed his credentials to the RA President Robert Kocharyan. {BR} Robert Kocharyan has mentioned that in order to make the Armenian-Spanish cooperation more active it is necessary to revise the present possibilities and take new steps. The Ambassador has said that in order to activate...

RA Defense deputy Minister General-lieutenant Arthur Aghabekyan, together with the US Kansas state General-mayor Todd Bunting, had meetings with the whole group of Armenian peace-keepers on May 29-June 1 in Kosovo, in order to get acquainted with the everyday life and the needs of the Armenian soldiers. {BR}

Today Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan met with member of the commission for foreign relations of the US Senate, republican Norm Colman, Vice President of the Armenian Congress of the US and the Gafeschyan Fund John Waters accompanied by Regional Director of the Armenian Congress of the US in Armenia Arpi Vardanyan and Director of Armenia TV Company Bagrat Sargsyan. {BR} The Armenian Premier...

Today Robert Kocharyan received Armenian philanthropist from the US Gerald Gafeschyan and Senator Norm Colman. {BR} The parties discussed the Armenian-American cooperation and the necessity of using the possibilities provided by the Millennium Challenge Account. Robert Kochatyan noted that the interparliamentary commission brings activity in the bilateral cooperation and Armenia being on the path...

Today Robert Kocharyan received head of the Russian presidential administration Dmitry Medvedev. The parties discussed the present stage of the Armenian-Russian cooperation and specifically the expansion of economic ties. {BR} Robert Kocharyan noted the dynamic development of the Armenian-Russian relations especially in view of active Russian investments in the Armenian economy. Dmitry Medvedev conveyed...

Today Armenian National Assembly Speaker Arthur Baghdasaryan received head of the Russian presidential department for interregional and cultural ties with foreign states Modest Kolerov.{BR} M. Kolerov informed the NA chairman that he has met with members of parliamentary groups and factions to find out their opinion on the democratic processes in Armenia, elections of the local self-government, constitutional...

Today Secretary of the national Security Council under the RA President, Defense Minister, Co-Chair of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation Serge Sarsgyan received the delegation led by head of the Russian presidential administration Dmitry Medvedev. {BR} The parties noted that the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin has become an additional stimulus for...

RA Presidential administration head Artashes Tumanyan and head of the Russian presidential administration Dmitry Medvedev met today to discuss a number of issues referring to the Armenian-Russian cooperation. {BR} Specifically, the parties noted the necessity of launching the enterprises conveyed to Russia within Property for Debt agreement as well as a number regional economic programs including the Iran-Armenia gas pipeline.

Today Robert Kocharyan held a working meeting with RA Ambassadors, who arrived in Yerevan to take part in the annual sitting of the Ambassadors.{BR} They discussed issues referring to the agenda of the Armenian foreign policy, possible variants of their settlement as well as some organizational issues. Robert Kocharyan stressed that in order to observe the interests of our country on the international...

Today the Speakers of the Armenian and NKR National Assemblies held their last working meeting as NKR NA chairman Oleg Yesayan will not take part in the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 19. {BR} The parties discussed the outcomes of joint activities and noted that all the items of the agreement on interparliamentary cooperation signed 2 years ago have been fulfilled and the cooperation has...

Today in the hotel Marriott-Armenia the annual conference of the Armenian Foreign Ministry central staff heads and the heads of the Embassies to Armenia took place. {BR} RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan had an exchange of thoughts with the Ambassadors to Armenia about security issues, Eurointegration of Armenia, Armenian-Turkish relations, settlement of the Karabakh conflict, and reforms in the...

Today Robert Kocharyan has had a working meeting with the members of the political coalition council. The course of the Constitutional reforms has been discussed. {BR} About the meeting of the President with the coalition members only this strictly official information is reported by the President's information service. Let us remind you that the Venice Commission had given a negative conclusion to...

Today RA NA President Arthur Baghdasaryan received the newly appointed Russian Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Armenia Nikolay Pavlov. {BR} Mr. Pavlov who has been in Armenia for the last two weeks, claimed that the aim of his diplomatic mission is to develop the Armenian-Russian relations. RA NA President Arthur Baghdasaryan congratulated the Ambassador on his mission and referring...

«After the Warsaw meeting of the Armenian and Azeri Presidents new possibilities have appeared in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict», announced the Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan. {BR} The Armenian Foreign Minister has said that the date of his coming meeting with the Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mamedyarov is not yet clear. Before that Oskanyan will meet the OSCE Minsk group co-heads. The meeting will take place in June.

The delegation with RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan at the head will be in Georgia on official visit on June 1-3, to take part in the usual session of the CIS countries Governments' heads. {BR} In the CIS countries Governments' heads council session to take part on June 3, a large quantity of issues about cooperation in commercial, financial and humanitarian fields will be discussed. It is anticipated...