Armenia Highlights

Armenia Highlights

ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER, CNN INTERNATIONAL TO FEA- IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT TURE THE DEFENSE OF MUSA DISCUSS MATTERS OF MUTU- DaGH AL INTEREST PAGE 2 Page 5 ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS Weekly Digest of the Government of Armenia October 22-28 2010 THEMA A TRILATERAL MEETING OF THE PRESIDENTS “Quote of OF ARMENIA, THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND the week” AZERBAIJAN TOOK PLACE IN ASTRAKHAN “The railway will es- Tablish a major Tran- siT neTwork beTween iran and neighboring counTries. It will also link armenia To oTher neighboring sTaTes “ mohammad reza rahimi FirsT Vice PresidenT oF iran Upcoming Events October 29: PM Tigran Sargsyan will participate in “DigiTech-2010” exhebition trilateral meeting of the Presi- dent sargsyan visited the armenian a dents of armenia, the russian memorial in the center of astrakhan November 13: Concert of Placido Federation and azerbaijan, held and laid a wreath at the cross-stone Domingo in Yerevan today in astrakhan (rF) at the ini- monument installed on the site of the tiative of the President of the rus- armenian church, which was erected sian Federation dmitry medvedev here back in 1706 and demolished in in the framework of the NK peace 1930s, and in commemoration of the process, has been concluded. 290th anniversary of the establish- The Presidents discussed the details ment of the diocese of the armenian of the NK peace process so as to con- apostolic church in astrakhan. at USEFUL LINKS tinue the negotiations up until the the ceremony, the President was ac- • www.president.am OSCE summit in astana and reach companied by the spiritual leader of • www.gov.am agreement on the basic principles. the st ripsime church of astarkhan, • www.parliament.am based on the principle of humanity, Priest Ter sebeos ghalachian, repre- • www.mfa.am it was also agreed to exchange pris- sentatives of local authorities and the • www.armenpress.am oners of war and remains of the dead. armenian community of astrakhan. • www.panarmenian.net before the trilateral meeting, Presi- October 27, 2010 www.president.am • www.matenadaran.am ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS CHRONICA HEADLINES OF ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER, IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSS THE WEEK MATTERS OF MUTUAL INTEREST • OCTOBER 22: Placido Do- mingo to perform in Armenia The bilateral meeting continued in an ex- • AH tended format with participation of mem- • OCTOBER 22: Stepanakert hosts bers of the delegation led by the armenian National Liberation Movement of Prime minister, the RA governmental press NKR: 1988-2009 book presentation service reported. armenian Prime minis- • AH ter Tigran sargsyan departed for Tehran on • OCTOBER 23: Vahagn Gevor- a working visit on invitation of iran’s First gyan wins bronze at Stu- Vice President mohammad reza rahimi. dent Sambo World Cup The armenian delegation includes govern- • AH ment staff chief david sargsyan, energy • OCTOBER 23: Khachkars n october 25, armenian Prime minister and natural resources minister armen Park opened in Gyumri oTigran sargsyan met with iranian First movsisyan, education minister armen • AH Vice President mohammad-reza rahimi ashotyan, healthcare minister harutyun • OCTOBER 24: Armenian citizen as part of his two-day working visit to iran. kushkyan, agriculture minister gerasim killed in car accident in Moscow matters presenting mutual inter- alaverdyan, economy minister, diaspora • AH est were in the focus of the meeting. minister hranush hakobyan and other officials. • OCTOBER 25: Football Fed- October 25 2010, www.panarmenian.net erations of Armenia, Yemen dis- cuss organization of a friendly 15 MATTERS AGREED DURING SITTING OF ARMENIAN-RUSSIAN • AH INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE • OCTOBER 25: 19.2% growth re- in the focus of the sitting, Tigran sargsyan corded in Armenia’s state budget told a press conference after the sitting. revenues in January-September 2010 he added that the armenian-russian eco- • AH nomic cooperation continues developing • OCTOBER 26: Boris Grebenschikov successfully. The Prime minister noted believes joint performance with Jivan that 15 matters were agreed during the sit- Gasparyan to be incredible experience ting and they will contribute to implemen- • AH tation of bilateral programs. • OCTOBER 27: 130 delegates from mr. sargsyan noted that armenia is ready 22 countries gather in Yerevan for to create a free economic zone at mars international forum of translators n october 23, the 12th sitting of the plant, as well as adopt relevant contractual oarmenian-russian intergovernmen- legal norms for implementation of other RECONSTRUCTED CHAMBER OPENS tal committee on economic cooperation investment programs. IN ARMENIAN paRLIAMENT kicked off in yekaterinburg. russian minister of Transport igor levitin besides, armenian Prime minister Tigran noted for his part that four agreements are sargsyan met with russian minister of being drafted to develop ties between vari- Transport igor levitin prior to the sitting. ous regions of armenia and russia, what implementation of the protocol of the com- is important for boosting the trade and eco- mittee’s 11th sitting, legal-contractual field, nomic cooperation, the RA governmental current trade and economic relations, as press service reported. well as their development outlooks were october 23, 2010 www.panarmenian.net he opening ceremony of a reconstructed VISUAL COMPUTING MASTER Tchamber in the armenian national as- KHACHkaRS PARK OPENED IN sembly took place on october 22 with par- GYUMRI PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN YSU ticipation of President serzh sargsyan, his isual computing master program was holiness karekin II, supreme Patriarch and hachkars Park was opened in catholicos of all armenians, NA speaker ho- gyumri to feature copies of me- Vlaunched in yerevan state university k on october 25, 2010, welcoming students vik abrahamyan and members of parliament. dieval armenian khachkars (cross- speaker abrahamyan thanked the armenian stones) destructed in old jugha. from YSU and other higher education institu- tions of armenia. Visual computing is a new President for assistance. “reconstruction 20 khachkars created by sculptors of gy- and technique are important for the efficient trend allowing to interact with and control umri have been already set there. however, activity of the parliament,” he said. “The their number will be brought to 100 in future. work by manipulating visual images either as oval shape of the hall symbolizes equality armenian President serzh sarg- direct work objects or as objects representing and cooperation but doesn’t not mean ab- syan, who is on a working visit other objects that are not necessarily visual sence of competition and discussion. Par- to shirak region, visited the Park. themselves. The visual images can be photo- liament is a platform for political debates azerbaijani servicemen de- graphs, 3-d scenes, video sequences, block but not for offenses. an atmosphere of mu- diagrams, or simple icons. The program tual respect and trust should reign here.” structed the old armenian cem- his holiness karekin II consecrated the etery near old jugha in 2005-2006. graduates will have the master’s degree of YSU and rostock university. hall and congratulated mPs on its opening. October 23, 2010 www.panarmenian.net October 25, 2010 www.panarmenian.net October 22, 2010 www.panarmenian.net 2 AH ARMENIA HIGHLIGHTS RES PUBLICA TIGRAN SaRGSYAN: GDP GROWTH TO MakE 4.6% IN ARMENIA IN INTERVIEW OF PRESIDENT SERZH 2011 SaRGSYAN DURING HIS WORKING n october 26, armenian Presi- odent serzh sarsyan met with VISIT TO SHIRak MARZ cis customs services officials. The guests arrived in yerevan to participate in the 52nd session of cis customs services officials. armenian President welcomed the idea of holding the session in yerevan. Pres- ident sargsyan gave high assessment to the work of customs services aimed at deeper integration of cis states’ econo- mies and increase of international turno- ver, presidential press service reported. r. President, our sugar is already being import- October 26, 2010 www.panarmenian.net Med to Georgia. Would you say that our prod- uct will create strong competition on their market? WINGS OF TaTEV AERIAL TRAMWAY RECEIVES GUINNESS WORLD Frankly, i didn’t study the georgian market thor- RECORDS CERTIFICATE oughly; however i am confident that this factory, which will be exporting high quality and competi- tive sugar not only to georgia but also to other of Tatev, the world’s longest re- countries, will obtain its own permanent spot in versible passenger aerial tramway. markets. moreover, the state will be constantly de- The 5 752-meter long aerial tramway was livering on its obligation in this region: we will be officially registered by the representative encouraging our farmers to grow sugar beets. ob- of the guinness world records, who viously, the more sugar beets armenia will be pro- arrived in armenia for the ceremony. ducing, the more stable the prices will be since it’s as the director of the national competi- not enough to have a sugar plant, it is also essential tiveness Foundation of armenia bekor to have raw material. if this factory works on the raw Papazyan stated at the ceremony, guin- material imported from south america, the price ness certification is an important aspect in of the end product will depend on the price of that the development of tourism in the county. raw material. we don’t want to go down that way. on october 16, 2010, the Tatev revival n october 23, the village of Project was launched in Tatev, syunik Mr. President, recently there have been many pub- oTatev in armenia’s syunik re- province of armenia, marked by the of- lications regarding the situation in the army. What gion hosted a ceremony of official ficial inauguration of the world’s long- do you think, what’s your position on all that? guinness certification for the wings est reversible passenger aerial tramway. October 23, 2010 www.panarmenian.net i detest all that, not the fact that the army is be- ing much talked about, but the fact that the army is being disparaged and it is made for political, narrow personal or partisan ends exclusively.

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