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Armenia Highlights Government’s tourism de- Justice Has Yet to velopment-oriented efforts prevail for sum- take effect paGe 2 Gait PAGE 5 ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Digest of the Government of Armenia March 1-14, 2011 THEMA “Quote of the week” “THE CHIEF OBJEC- TIVE BEHIND THIS SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH IS TO PROMOTE TOUR- ISM IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA WHICH IS A PRIORITY TO THE GOVERNMENT“ The presidents of armenia, russia and TIGRAN SARGSYAN azerbaiJan Held a trilateral meetinG in PRIME MINISTER OF RA socHi n March 5 the President of the RA Russian Federation, the Presidents of Armenia, OSerzh Sargsyan, the President of RF Russia and Azerbaijan met on March 5, 2011 in Dmitry Medvedev and the President of Sochi and discussed in detail the process and Upcoming Events Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev held a trilateral the prospects of the NK conflict resolution. meeting in Sochi (Russian Federation). At After the discussions on the practical imple- the regular round of negotiations on the mentation of the trilateral Declaration adopted resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh con- on October 27, 2010 in Astrakhan, in addition MARCH 15-17: PM Tigran Sarg- flict, which were held at the invitation of the to the steps specified in the above mentioned syan to visit Brusells, Belgium President of the Russian Federation, the par- Declaration, the Presidents agreed to take ties exchanged views on the process of im- the following confidence building measures: MARCH 17: OSCE CiO Audron- plementation of the provisions of the Joint 1. To conclude in the shortest possible period ius Azubalis to arrive in Armenia Declaration adopted last year in Astrakhan. of time the exchange of the prisoners of war, After the trilateral meeting, the Presi- 2. To strive to solve all contentious issues September 15: International dents continued negotiations during through peaceful means and to conduct Hrant Dink Award to be granted the working dinner. Later, the Presi- along the cease-fire line an investigation dents visited one of the Sochi ski resorts. with the participation of the parties under At the conclusion of the trilateral meet- the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co- ing, the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Chairs and with the assistance of the Spe- USEFUL LINKS Azerbaijan adopted a Joint Declaration. cial Representative of the OSCE Chairman- • www.president.am ***** in-Office regarding probable incidents. • www.gov.am Joint Declaration of the Presidents of the The Presidents stressed the importance of • www.parliament.am Republic of Armenia, the Russian Fed- their regular meetings on the resolution of the • www.mfa.am eration and Azerbaijan on the resolu- Nagorno Karabakh conflict and agreed to con- • www.armenpress.am tion of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict tinue them in the present format and further • www.panarmenian.net Upon the invitation of the President of the to the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group. • www.matenadaran.am March 5, 2011 www.president.am ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS CHRONICA HEADLINES OF in riGa president serzH sarGsYan met witH tHe speak- er of tHe parliament of latvia mrs. solvita aboltina THE WEEK tures of the two states and noted with satis- • MARCH 3: Armenia, Iran faction that friendship groups formed in the to cooperate in agriculture two parliaments cooperate successfully and • AH taking into consideration the existing po- • MARCH 4: Armenia won 6 tential are ready to further their interaction. medals at Swiss Karate Open President Sargsyan also noted that Ar- • menia could learn from the Latvian • MARCH 5: AHBaku continues vio- experience of collaboration with the lating ceasefire: over 240 in- European Union and reconciliation of the na- stances reported over week n March 9, after a meeting with tional legislation with the European standards. • Othe President of Lativa Valdis In view of the fact that UNESCO named Yer- • MARCH 6: ArmenianAH government Zatler, President Serzh Sargsyan laid a evan the World Book Capital of 2012, while bombast inflation through social pro- wreath at the Monument of Freedom. Riga was declared Europe’s Cultural Capital grams and unchangeable gas prices Later, the President of Armenia arrived to of 2014, President Sargsyan and the Speaker • the Parliament of Latvia. At the meeting with of the Latvian Parliament Mrs. Aboltina as- • MARCH 7 AHArmenian MFA: the Speaker of the Parliament Mrs. Solvita sessed it as a new and excellent opportunity apparently, for Baku con- Aboltina, President Serzh Sargsyan spoke to enhance contacts and to develop cultural structiveness is saber-rattling about the Armenian-Latvian interparliamen- cooperation between Latvia and Armenia • AH tary cooperation. The parties underscored March 9, 2011 www.hhpress.am • MARCH 9: Zvartnots airport unaware the advanced relations between the legisla- of Turkish Airlines flights to Yerevan • AH Government’s tourism development-oriented efforts take • MARCH 11: Stepanakert airport to effect be ready for operation in May 2011 rime Minister Tigran Sargsyan Staff which seeks to support de- Pattended today the presentation velopment projects in Armenia. To AH of www.armhotels.am , Armenia’s this end, the company was provid- first-ever online hotel booking system ed AMD 25mn in loan resources. Presented by “RUMEA” Tempt- Addressing the event with congrat- minister nalbandian ing Trips Club, the ulatory remarks, meets EU ambassadors business program Prime Minister on the launch of Tigran Sargsyan www.armhotels. stated as follows: am online book- “The chief objec- ing system was tive behind this approved in Sep- successful launch tember, 2009 by is to promote tour- the Prime Minister- ism in the Republic headed Operative of Armenia which is a priority to the Government. This will boost the country’s service ex- port potential and capacity. Government’s tourism development-orient- rmenian Foreign Minister Ed- ed efforts are taking effect as evidenced by economic indices: despite the Award Nalbandian received Am- unprecedented fall of 2009, we stated a 4% rise in tourism amid globally bassadors of EU member states ac- registered downward trends. The success was built on in 2010 with about credited in Armenia and the Head 17% increase. We are hopeful that this tendency will be upheld in 2011. of the EU Delegation to Armenia. Tourism should be diversified in Armenia as we have the needed capac- The Armenian Foreign Minister and ity. We can develop religious, healthcare, sportive and recreational tour- the EU Ambassadors exchanged views ism. The www.armhotels.am online booking system is the best example on the development of Armenia-EU re- of investment in this field. This state-of-the-art system opens up vast op- lations, outlined the future programs. portunities for advertising Armenia worldwide by means of online serv- Reference was made to the negotiation ices. It has been discussed and approved by the Operative Staff. After on the Association Agreement, facili- which the Government offered guarantees to Arm-Swiss Bank reaffirm- tation of the visa regime and the crea- ing the State’s trust in and focus on developing tourism in Armenia.” tion of a comprehensive free trade zone. The head of government tested the operational capacity of the online book- At the request of the EU Ambassa- ing system in person. Developed by TBS CJSC, the booking system covers dors, Minister Nalbandian presented some 106 hotels at this point of time. In its capacity of a unique such system the latest developments in the proc- in the region and the CIS countries, www.armhotels.am seeks to expand the ess of settlement of the Karabakh is- scope of proposed services toward both the home and international markets. sue. The interlocutors discussed a wide Thanks to the system, any tourist will get access to a broad range of services. range of issues on international agenda. March 11, 2011 www.armradio.am March 4, 2011 www.gov.am 2 AH ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS RES PUBLICA armenian MFA: protocols armenian economY minister forecasts siGnificant in- ratification onlY waY to crease in export volume in 2011 resume rapprocHement witH turkeY “I congratulate our mothers, wives, sis- ters and daughters on Women’s Day. The role of women in our families, so- ciety has always been unique. The first Republic of Armenia was one of the first states in the world, which provided wom- en with the right to elect and be elected. We are glad that women have a special role in all fields of the public life also today,” reads the President’s statement. “Once again congratulating on March he normalisation of Armenia-Turkey rela- 8 International Women’s Day, I wish Ttions could have been beneficial not only you all the best. Let love and har- for Turkey and Armenia, but for the whole mony prevail in your families and region, Armenian Foreign Minister stated. rmenian President Serzh Sargsyan hearts,” the presidential press serv- As Edward Nalbandian noted in an inter- Acongratulated Armenian women on ice quoted Sargsyan as saying. view with Der Standard Austrian newspa- March 8 International Women’s Day. March 8, 2011 www.panarmenian.net per, all countries in the world supported this process, with the exception of Azerbaijan. armenian finance minis- Government to intro- When asked if the Turkish government trY issues 60 loans for duce stable economic pulled back from rapprochement process for car customs clearance development proGram in electoral reasons, he noted that Armenia has near future much more reason to talk about preconditions. uring the March 10 sitting of the Ar- Dwelling on the possibility to resume Dmenian government, Minister of Fi- he problem of poverty reduction is the process with Turkey, Nalbandian nance Vache Gabrielyan said that the min- Tamong first priorities on Armenian named the ratification of Protocols with- istry has already allocated 60 loans at the government’s agenda, according to Arme- out preconditions, according to pacta sunt total amount of AMD 70mln to facilitate nian Economy Minister.
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