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Armenia Highlights ARMENIAN CITIZENS TO FEEL SCIENTISTS DISCOVER THE IMPACT OF REFORMS ‘oldest’ winery in PAGE 2 ARMENIAN CAVE PAGE 4 ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Digest of the Government of Armenia January 10-17 2011 THEMA NewlY APPOINTED MINISTER “Quote of INTRODUCED BY PRIME the week” MINISTER “TURKEY HAS BEEN PURSUING THE SAME POLICY IT DID BEFORE 2008, BEFORE SIGNING THE DOCUMENTS IN QUES- TION. INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY EXPECTS TURKEY TO RATIFY DOCU- MENTS WITHOUT PRECON- DITIONS AND OBSERVE AGREEMENTS, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL TO MAKE PROGRESS.“ EDWARD NALBANDYAN rime Minister Tigran Sarg- the newly appointed minister is well FOREIGN MINISTER OF RA Psyan called at the Ministry of known and well versed in the field of Agriculture to introduce to the agriculture. “We used to work with him staff newly appointed Minister year after year, especially regarding of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan. the procurements. He headed one of Upcoming Events To begin with, the head of govern- largest food processing enterprises of ment offered his Season’s congratu- Armenia which was the first to upgrade JANUARY 13-17: Tsaghkadzor lations wishing every success to the its production technologies. We all un- resort will host the Armenian ski Ministry of Agriculture, in particular. derstand that the success of an enter- championship “The 2010 indices failed to meet prise is mostly conditioned by the man- our expectations affecting the mac- agement’s capacity and experience.” JANUARY 22-23: President Saa- roeconomic performance in general. The Prime Minister expressed hope that kashvili will pay visit to Armenia Last year’s’ unprecedented fall in the new minister will be quick to come agriculture caused a number of ad- into full working activity so as to im- JANUARY 24: RF, Armenia, Az- verse consequences: greater fluctua- plement the proposed reforms. Tigran erbaijan FMs to meet in Moscow tion of prices of farm products and Sargsyan thanked ex-minister Gerasim higher inflation, as a whole. This Alaverdyan for his past efforts. JANUARY 28: Armenia celebrates had a serious impact on our farm- Thanking the President and the the National Day of Army ers’ living standards. At the same Prime Minister of Armenia for con- time, the ministry has much to do fidence, Sergo Karapetyan assured USEFUL LINKS in terms of reforms and institu- that he will do his best to reach the • www.president.am tional transformations. For this very expected results by coping with • www.gov.am reason, I do believe that the farm- the problems and tasks specified • www.parliament.am ing sector most of all needs success in the program of the government. • www.mfa.am in 2011,” Tigran Sargsyan noted. December 10, 2011 • www.armenpress.am The Prime Minister further said that www.gov.am • www.panarmenian.net • www.matenadaran.am ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS CHRONICA President serzh sargsyan left on a HEADLINES OF state visit to the rePublic of cyPrus THE WEEK which will be followed by the meeting • JANUARY 10: Agricul- of the delegations in the extended for- ture production dropped 14,4% mat. The parties will sign a number of January-November 2010 documents aimed at strengthening and • AH development of the bilateral relations. • JANUARY 11: Military train- In the afternoon, at the Chamber of ing to be among Armenian Defense Commerce President Serzh Sargsyan Ministry’s top priorities in 2011 will attend the opening of the Armeni- • AH an-Cypriot business forum with the par- • JANUARY 12: Easter to co- ticipation of the representatives of the incide with Armenian Geno- business communities of the two states. cide Remembrance Day in 2011 pon the invitation of the Presi- The President of Armenia will meet • AH Udent of Cyprus Demetris Christo- also with Archbishop Chrisosto- • JANUARY 13: Bako Sahaky- fias, President Serzh Sargsyan and mos II, the President of the House an emphasizes importance of First Lady Rita Sargsyan left on a of Representatives Marios Ga- providing apartments to fami- state visit to the Republic of Cyprus. royian, and representatives of the lies of perished freedom fighters Today, Presidents Sargsyan and Armenian community of Cyprus. • AH Christofias will hold a private talk January 17, 2010 www.president.am • JANUARY 14: Shakhtar fans be- lieve Henrik Mkhitaryan will score club’s first goal in 2011 ARMENIAN CITIZENS TO FEEL THE IMPACT OF REFORMS • AH his year’s first cabinet sit- ture Sergo Karapetyan and expressed hope • JANUARY 15: Public Television of Tting was held today, chaired by that those challenges facing the sector will Armenia to start film adaptation of Perch Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan. be coped with successfully during the year. Proshyan’s Bread Issue novel in 2011 Extending Season’s Minister of Energy • AH congratulations to the and Natural Resources • JANUARY 16: Judoist Arsen Gal- members of govern- Armen Movsisyan styan beats Azerbaijan’s Ilgar Myush- ment, the Prime Min- was offered birth- kiyev in Baku-hosted championship ister wished them ef- day congratulations. ficacious and fruitful The meeting ap- work ahead. Tigran proved the govern- inflation will return to Sargsyan congratu- ment’s program of THE TARGETING GAP lated newly appointed action and its priori- ccording to the Armenian Central Bank’s Minister of Agricul- ties, as well as the un- Aforecast, 4-5% of economic growth is derlying principles for the year 2011. Highlighting the adoption of the program, the Prime projected for the first three quarters of 2011. Minister gave a broad description of the priorities (Tigran Sargsyan’s introductory re- 5-7% actual economic growth is ex- marks and the summary description of 2011 activities are posted separately on the website). pected in the first nine months The government approved the 2011 program of State support for small and medium-size enter- of 2011 in the sphere of industry. prises, which emphasizes the role of SMEs in ensuring growth and higher living standards for 2.5-4% growth is expected for the same the population, generating new jobs and so on. Tigran Sargsyan deemed it necessary to harmo- period of 2011 in the sphere of services. nize the set of SME-related programs, especially as 5-6% increase is envisaged for this sphere Rather higher risks in the fields of construc- in 2011. In this regard, we are in for an exceptional year. Lending interest rates have been reduced tion, as well as in the sector of services are by 2-3% in the banks while resources available to this end have increased. Now the bankers are connected with rapidity of implementa- interested in having as many borrowers as possible since they have sufficient spare liquidity. tion of large-scale investment programs. To ensure reliability and due control over eventual frauds in the system of man- According to forecasts, inflation will gradu- datory vehicle insurance, the meeting endorsed the procedures applicable to ally reduce and return to the targeting the exchange of information between the MVI system and the database of the gap in the second half of the year reach- road police service as well as the inventory of information eligible for sharing. ing 3.7% in the third quarter of 2011. Head of Police Alik Sargsyan was told to personally monitor this highly impor- Central Bank’s monetary-credit policy will tant measure considering that the MVI campaign will soon yield the expected result. be of conservative character. Under the in- The Executive backed the 2011 program of tourism expansion, aimed at keep- fluence of de-dollarization measures growth ing on turning Armenia into a tourism-friendly country for travelers worldwide. of monetary mass will take place at a brisk The meeting backed the proposal on signing an arrangement between the governments rate. Correspondingly 15.4% and 17.2% of Armenia and Russia on cooperation in the field of military courier and postal services. growth of money and monetary mass will The government amended a previous decision to order the use of all-resistant self-past- be registered. Further decrease of dollariza- ed stamps in the service of cash-registers. Owing to this amendment, domestic taxpay- tion of economy is expected, and in regard ers will no longer need to turn to tax authorities for replacement of cash-register seals. towards it the volume of credits in foreign The meeting considered a legislative initiative proposed by a group of MPs con- currency will appreciably reduce in the banks cerning the celebration of November 10 as Local Self-Government Day in Arme- as compared to the volume of AMD credits nia. The Executive appeared to have no objections against the proposal in principle. making correspondingly 23.6% and 13.1% January 13, 2011, www.gov.am January 11 2011, www.hhpress.am 2 AH ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS RES PUBLICA seyran ohanyan: title of KarabaKh war NALBANDYAN AT THE ANNUAL veteran imPoses certain obligations PRESS CONFERENCE, SUMMA- RIZING THE FOREIGN POLICY Commenting on the recent incident in the army, which resulted in the death of a young man, Ohanyan noted that the title of the Karabakh war veteran imposes certain obligations. Natu- rally, the public expects officers, who participated in the war, to display exemplary behavior, said Ohanyan. He added that the Ministry will con- tinue being intolerant towards any violation of the law to ensure de- velopment of the successes gained at the expense of soldiers’ life. rmenian Defense Minister Armenian Deputy Minister of De- ASeyran Ohanyan presided over a fense, Major General Vladimir Dear journalists, meeting of the law enforcement bod- Gasparyan and newly appointed Ladies and gentlemen, ies on the results of 2010 that was Military Prosecutor Gevorg Ko- First of all I would like to congratulate you held in the RA Defense Ministry. stanyan also delivered speeches. for the Christmas and wish you Happy New January 15, 2011 www.panarmenian.net Year.
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