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WORKSHOP ON RADICAL IM- SEMINAR DEVOTED TO PROVEMENT OF BUSINESS ARMENIAN LITURGICAL ENVIRONMENT IN ARMENIA CHANT TO BE HELD IN PAGE 2 VENICE PAGE 5 ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Digest of the Government of Armenia November 23-30 2010 THEMA “Quote of the week” “CIVIL SOCIETY IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SEEK PERSONAL AND FAMILY WELL-BE- ING ON THEIR OWN “ TIGRAN SARGSYAN PM OF ARMENIA OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN TO TURKMENISTAN n November 24, President on cooperation in the areas of education be- OSerzh Sargsyan left on a two- tween the Ministry of Education and Science day official visit to Turkmenistan. of Armenia and the Ministry of Education of Upcoming Events After the official welcoming ceremony for Turkmenistan, Agreement on cooperation the President of Armenia at the Saparmu- in the area of culture between the Ministry rat Niyazov International Airport, at the of Culture of Armenia and the Ministry of DECEMBER 3: The concert of VIP Hall of the Airport Presidents Serzh Culture and TV, Radio Communications of famous tenor Placido Domingo in Sargsyan and Gurbanguli Berdimuhame- Turkmenistan, Agreement on the intergov- Yerevan dov held a short meeting. Later, at the of- ernmental commission for economic, trade as ficial residence of the President of Armenia, well as technical and scientific cooperation, DECEMBER 9-10: Sitting of the Serzh Sargsyan and Gurbanguli Berdimu- and the Program of cooperation for 2010- CSTO Collective Security Council hamedov held a private meeting which was 2015 between the Yerevan State University followed by the extended negotiations of and Mahtumkuli University of Turkmenistan. the official delegations of the two countries After the ceremony, the Presidents of Arme- with the participation of the two Presidents. nia and Turkmenistan presented to the jour- At the conclusion of the meeting, signed nalists the results of bilateral negotiations. were documents aimed at the expansion In his remarks, the President of Armenia of bilateral cooperation in different areas. first expressed gratitude to the President of The parties adopted also a Joint Declara- Turkmenistan Gurbanguli Berdimuhame- USEFUL LINKS tion which assesses the current state of the dov for warm welcome and underlined that • www.president.am Armenian-Turkmen relations and defines Armenia highly values and attaches special • www.gov.am the prospects of developing relations in po- importance to the relations between the two • www.parliament.am litical, economic, social, and cultural areas. countries. According to the President, it is • www.mfa.am As a result of the negotiations, signed were, evidenced by his current official visit and • www.armenpress.am in particular, the Agreement between the by the negotiations which were conducted • www.panarmenian.net Commerce Chambers of Armenia and in the atmosphere of complete mutual trust. • www.matenadaran.am Turkmenistan on cooperation, Agreement November 24, 2010 full story www.president.am ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS CHRONICA WORKSHOP ON RADICAL IMPROVEMENT OF BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT IN ARMENIA HEADLINES OF THE WEEK Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan- dent’s electoral platform had a key focus on Achaired consultative meeting was held improvement of Armenia’s Doing Business • NOVEMBER 24: Cher: my fist visit to in the Office of Government on business standing so that it could be promoted into Armenia helped me feel an Armenian environment improvement in Armenia. the top ten of best performing countries of • AH Prioritizing business the world. No progress • NOVEMBER 25: PACE President environment improve- has been recorded so doesn’t abandon the idea to form ment efforts, the Prime far due to the slow subcommittee for Karabakh issues Minister said that all the pace of reform in our • AH agencies were directed country. Tax admin- • NOVEMBER 26: Fishing in to take steps in order to istration component Lake Sevan should be forbid- improve Armenia’s Do- was said to be the most den year-round, expert says ing Business standing. serious bottleneck on • AH The head of government this way: Armenia is • NOVEMBER 27: Non-Standard reminded that the Presi- the 159th in this re- photo exhibition opens in Yerevan spect. Our country is the 82nd for cross-border trade performance indicator (21 points up). • AH We have problems with the protection of consumer rights with our 93rd standing on the list. • NOVEMBER 28: OSCE chairman- Construction licensing index is 6 points down to the 78th standing. We are concerned about in-office, Armenian Foreign Min- poor performance in terms of company closure, lending accessibility and business startup. As ister have telephone conversation far as ownership registration is concerned, we are the 5th, a step down over last year’s result. • AH First Deputy Minister of Economy Karine Minasyan presented a draft action plan on improve- • NOVEMBER 29: Silent Wit- ment of business environment in Armenia after which opinions were exchanged on ways of sim- nesses exhibition opens in Yerevan plifying business startup- and development-related procedures, boosting small and medium- • AH size businesses, encouraging foreign trade, improving tax and customs administration and so on. • NOVEMBER 30: 15mln euro to be Wrapping up the meeting, the Prime Minister ordered to set up task forc- allocated for second stage of Yer- es composed of concerned agency representatives in order to submit by next Fri- evan metro modernization in 2011 day proposals on radical improvement of business environment in Armenia. • AH November 24, 2010, www.gov.am • NOVEMBER 30: Nerses Yer- itsyan: Armenia successful- ly attracts foreign investments THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF THE ARMENIAN MINISTER OF DEFENCE • AH SEYRAN OHANYAN TO SLOVAKIA AND HUNGARY n the 22nd of November the del- personnel, military medicine, peace- Oegation headed by Armenian De- keeping, exchange of experience in the fence Minister Seyran Ohanyan paid an sphere of Strategic Defence Review, etc. THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN official visit to Slovakia, following the Seyran Ohanyan also visited the memo- AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF invitation by the Minister of Defence of rial of Armenian Genocide in Bratislava and ARMENIA EDWARD the Slovak Republic Lubomir Galko. put a wreath there. On the 23rd of November NALBANDIAN RECEIVED THE During the visit the Defence Ministers the delegation headed by the ARM MoD left OSCE MINSK GROUP CO-CHAIRS of the two countries discussed matters of for Hungary, where the matters of bilateral bilateral cooperation. ARM MoD Seyran military cooperation are also to be discussed. n November 26, the Armenian Ohanyan and the SR MoD Lubomir On the 23rd of November Seyran Ohanyan OForeign Affairs Minister Edward Galko signed an agreement on “Mili- met Minister of Defence of the Repub- Nalbandian received the OSCE Minsk lic of Hungary Dr. Csaba Hende. Taking Group Co-Chairs Bernard Fassier into consideration the fact that in 2011 (France), Robert Bradtke (USA), Igor Hungary took the presidency of the European Popov (Russia) and Andrzej Kasprzyk, Union the discussions of the meeting were the Personal Representative of the mainly focused on regional security matters. OSCE Chairman-in-Office who ar- ARM MoD Seyran Ohanyan and Hun- rived in Yerevan within the frame- garian MoD Dr. Csaba Hende signed an agreement on “Military Cooperation be- works of a regional visit. tween the Ministry of Defence of the Re- The Co-Chairs presented the Armenian public of Armenia and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Minister the results of Defence of the Republic of Hungary”. discussions they held in Azerbaijan the The two ministers agreed upon en- day before. tary Cooperation between the Govern- hancing the relations in the spheres The sides also discussed the prepara- ment of the Republic of Armenia and of defence reforms, military educa- tory works of the meetings to be held the Government of the Slovak Repub- tion and training, military history, and in Astana. lic”, which anticipates a cooperation in developing relations between mili- November 26, 2010 www.mfa.am the following main areas – Professional tary museums of the two countries. Military Education and Training of the November 23-24, 2010 www.mil.am 2 AH ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS RES PUBLICA Minas avetisyan’s frescos Moved to RA governMent WATER IS LIFE HAYASTAN ALL- BUILDING arMenian funds’ telethon masterpieces in this building, the gov- LAUNCHED IN LOS ANGELES ernment expresses its attitude towards art values and, specifically, Minas. “While creating these works in the can- teen of electro-technical plant of Leni- nakan (now Gyumri), he could hardly expect that they will be moved to the governmental building of Armenia with the lapse of time and become real n November 24, two frescos by masterpieces,” the Prime Minister said. OMinas Avetisyan were moved to He added that, possibly, the frescos the Armenian government premises. will be moved to another place, but “it “This is the case when history evalu- should be chosen diligently to deserve ates the works of great painter Mi- acceptance of these wonderful works.” aising funds for drinking water and ir- nas Avetisyan,” Armenian Prime “Till then they will stay here and Rrigation projects in Artsakh, Arme- Minister Tigran Sargsyan told we will make them available for nia Fund’s “Water is Life” International a press conference in Yerevan. the public,” PM Sargsyan said. Thanksgiving Day Telethon was launched. According to him, with placing the November 24, 2010 www.panarmenian.net The Telethon will air live from Hollywood today, November 25 from 8am to 8pm PST introduction of e-payMents in arMenia’s pasport departMents coast-to-coast and around the world. Air- TO HELP TACKLE CORRUPTION ing for 12 hours, Telethon 2010 will reach rmenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsy- every continent, entering Armenian homes Aan participated in opening of a repaired through satellite, cable and the internet. and modernized pasport and visa department The Telethon will bring together Armeni- of Nor Nork administrative district of Yer- ans from all walks of life regardless of their evan.
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