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Armenia Highlights NATURAL GAS TO GET CHEAPER ARGENTINE COURT FOR VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS ADOPTS UNPRECEDENT- PAGE 2 ED RULING ON ARME- NIAN GENOCIDE PAGE 5 ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Digest of the Government of Armenia March 28-April 4, 2011 THEMA “Quote of the week” “GOVERNMENT WILL HENCEFORTH PRIORI- TIZE THE WELFARE PROGRAMS RATHER THAN THE SEED- BREEDING ONES IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROPOSALS RE- THE PRESIDENT OF THE SWISS CONFEDERA- CEIVED FROM THE TION MICHELINE CALMY-REY ARRIVED ON A PROVINCES.“ TWO-DAY OFFICIAL VISIT TO ARMENIA TIGRAN SARGSYAN PRIME MINISTER OF RA t the invitation of President Serzh Sarg- of the world’s leading states and to deepen our Asyan, the President of the Swiss Con- bilateral relations. We are thankful to the people federation Micheline Calmy-Rey arrived last and government of Switzerland for the assist- night on a two-day official visit to Armenia. ance provided to Armenia and grateful for dis- Upcoming Events Today, at the Presidential Palace there cussing the issue of the Armenian Genocide at took place the official welcoming ceremo- the Swiss Parliament and for the adoption of the APRIL 4-6: President Serzh Sarg- ny which was followed by the tete-a-tete resolution,” President Serzh Sargsyan said at syan will leave for the Republic of meeting of Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and the meeting with the President of Switzerland. Serbia on an official visit. Micheline Calmy-Rey and the meeting The President of the Swiss Confederation of the delegations in the extended format. expressed gratitude for the warm welcome APRIL 24: Armenia marks the day Noting, that he has had numerous occa- and noted that her visit would be marked by of Armenian Genocide sions to meet and discuss issues of mu- a very important and emblematic event ¬– tual interest with the President of Switzer- opening of the Swiss Embassy in Yerevan NOVEMBER 28-30: Catholi- land, President Serzh Sargsyan underlined which is a striking illustration of the deepen- cos Karekin II, Grand Mufti Al- that yet this is the first visit of the Swiss ing Armenian-Swiss relations. On behalf of lahshukur Pashazadeh may meet in President to Armenia which provides an her government, Mrs. Calmy-Rey thanked Etchmiadzin excellent opportunity to thoroughly dis- President Serzh Sargsyan for his assistance cuss all issues pertinent to the develop- in establishing embassy and underscored that ment of the Armenian-Swiss relations. there is indeed strong resolve on both sides USEFUL LINKS “We hail the decision of the Swiss authori- to strengthen relations and to develop coop- • www.president.am ties to open embassy in Armenia. We be- eration between Armenia and Switzerland. • www.gov.am lieve it manifests the intent of Switzerland At the conclusion of the meeting, the • www.parliament.am to deepen our bilateral relations, and we are Presidents of Armenia and Switzer- • www.mfa.am pleased by the fact. Switzerland achieved land gave a joint press conference. • www.armenpress.am impressive results in every area and it’s a March31, 2011 • www.panarmenian.net great honor for us to be friends with the one full story www.president.am • www.matenadaran.am ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS CHRONICA NATURAL GAS TO GET CHEAPER FOR VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS HEADLINES OF THE WEEK n outgoing cabinet sitting was held passed a decision on establishing lower Atoday in the schoolhouse after Mes- tariffs for natural gas supplied to vulner- • MARCH 30: Singapore’s For- rop Mashtots of Oshakan village, chaired able households. Hayrusgasard CJSC eign Minister expresses willing- by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan was suggested lowering gas tariffs set ness to cooperate with Armenia To begin with, the by the public utility • AH sitting heard and took regulatory commis- • MARCH 30: Turkey tries note of the 2010 an- sion and charge 100 to prevent flights of Step- nual report on the drams for each 1000 anakert-bound civil aircrafts s o c i a l - e c o n o m i c cubic meter natural • AH status of Aragatsot- gas supplied to vul- • MARCH 30: World-famous ten- ni marz, delivered nerable households or Gegham Grigoryan award- by marz governor for the bills below ed with 1st degree medal Sargis Sahakyan. 10,000 cubic meters • AH The government next in the period between • MARCH 31: Armenian students par- April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012. According to Prime Minister Tigran Sarg- ticipating in Arctic Research program syan, some 60,000 households will benefit from this decision in line with • AH the President Serzh Sargsyan’s directive which is an important measure. • APRIL 1: Kuwaiti specialists may study The government approved the order of conducting mandatory overhauls for in- Arabic manuscripts in Matenadaran dividual means of conveyance under which different terms will be applied for the • AH overhaul, ticketing and registration of public and individual means of conveyance. • APRIL1: Construction at church –ad- A series of decisions have been passed in support of the agricultural sec- jacent territory in Yerevan suspend- tor. In particular, the Executive has approved this year’s quotas for State sup- ed because of archaeological finds port to water user associations. The government will earmark AMD 4,200bn • AH to offset the cost of irrigation water preventing the rise in tariffs. Thus, • APRIL 2: April 2 marks birth an- the State covers about 60% of the annual spending on irrigation water. niversary of Soghomon Tehlirian The 2011-2012 spring barley seed reproduction program was backed with anoth- AH er decree passed at the meeting. In this connection, the Prime Minister noted that the government will henceforth prioritize the welfare programs rather than the ARMENIAN NATIONAL YOUTH seed-breeding ones in compliance with the proposals received from the provinc- REPORT WILL BE COMPLIED es. The meeting decided to allocate AMD 200,000.0 to the Ministry of Agricul- ture to subsidize by 4 percentage points interest rate on agricultural lending avail- THIS YEAR able through the finance ministry’s “Rural Funding Entity-PIU” State institution. The meeting amended a previous decision to continue subsidizing the loans he Armenian National Youth Report already extended and due to be extended under the “Affordable Hous- Twill be complied this year. It will rep- ing for Young Households” program in the second quarter of 2011. Un- resent a voluminous document that covers der another decision, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs was re- all youth-related issues – education, cul- served the right to distribution of Armenia’s first-ever social housing estate. ture, social affairs, healthcare, sport, migra- The government amended a previous decree on the procedure to follow in draw- tion and religious life, Armenian Deputy ing lots and providing bonuses for tax administration improvement purposes. The Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Arsen amended decree stipulates that from now on no pecuniary incentives will be available Karamyan told a press conference today. for winning cash-register tickets, instead 15 motor-cars will be drawn instead of 10. “The report aims to provide informa- March 31, 2011, www.gov.am tion on problems facing all our citi- zens aged 18-30,” the Minister said. DAYS OF ARMENIA IN PARIS “It will serve as an additional tool for hat was Armenia for them twenty nicipality of the 17th District of Paris by joint drawing the attention of corresponding Wyears ago and now? What feel- efforts of Embassy of Armenia in France and agencies to the existing problems,” Ar- ings had Armenians of Diaspora since the Armenian General Benevolent Union sen Karamyan said, adding that even if their motherland gained independence? (AGBU) European office. Days of Armenia are half of the problems presented in the re- This became a turning point in their lives. marked March 23-April 6 through a series of port are solved, it will be true progress. “It was a kind of dream for all of us, to be able events - different exhibitions, concerts, meet- Torching upon the “Affordable Hous- visiting our motherland, get in touch with ings, including groups of interest for children. ing for Young Families” program, the people in Armenia, get acquainted at last with In the framework of this event Armenian Deputy Minister said 315 loans were fi- the only country which may be called ours. I dance fest was organized March 24 by “Nav- nanced from April 2010 to March 18, 2011. often remember my grandmother and grand- asard” ensemble. Performance of this ensem- 2.5 out of 3 billion AMD envisaged has father, if they knew that one day Armenia ble functioning in France was met with storm already been provided to the program. would be independent they would live with of applause by French Armenians and French The Government is currently think- greater hope for future,” Seda Jololian, mem- audience. Vigen Chitechyan, RA Ambas- ing of attracting additional resources. ber of the Council of Friends of Embassy of sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to April 4, 2011 www.armradio.am Armenia in France, told the reporter of “HH”. France, as well as a number of representatives Days of Armenia are being held at the Mu- of the Embassy were present at the event. April 4, 2011 www.hhpress.am 2 AH ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS RES PUBLICA $24MLN CREDIT PROGRAM FOR IT FIELD DEVELOPMENT TO SEYRAN OHANYAN: DEFENCE BE SUBMITTED TO RA PARLIAMENT MINISTRY MUST BE KEPT ABREAST OF LATEST IT TRENDS and the field development were raised during a working lunch of Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and repre- sentatives of the Union of Informa- tion Technology Enterprises (UITE). According to the Minister, problems of the development of IT field have been in the focus of Sargsyan’s at- tention, as the field is a relative ad- vantage of Armenia’s development.
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