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PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN ATTENDED THE CEREMONY OF UNVEILING OF GAREGIN NZHDEH STATUE28.05.2016

PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN ATTENDED THE CEREMONY OF UNVEILING OF GAREGIN NZHDEH STATUE

Today, President Serzh Sargsyan attended the unveiling ceremony of the state and military figure, national ideologist Garegin Nzhdeh. The statue was unveiled in Kentron administrative district of the capital, at the public square adjacent to the Republic Street. The authors of the monument are the sculptor Gagik Stepanian and architect Aslan Mkhitarian. The statue was unveiled by the Mayor of Yerevan Taron Markarian and the grandson of Garegin Nzhdeh Armen Babayan. The President of... more →

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND LOCAL BODIES OF THE HAYASTAN FUND HELD THE 25TH JOINT SESSION27.05.2016

THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND LOCAL BODIES OF THE HAYASTAN FUND HELD THE 25TH JOINT SESSION

Today, at the Reception House of the Government of Armenia there took place the 25th joint session of the Board of Trustees and local bodies of the Hayastan Fund, which was presided over by the President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan. Before taking up the agenda items, the participants of the meeting with a moment of silence paid tribute to the former member of the Board of Trustees, recently departed Catholic Catholicos-Patriarch of Cilicia Nerses Petros XIX. In the framework of the... more →

PRESIDENT SARGSYAN RECEIVED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RUSSIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY OLEG BELOZYOROV26.05.2016

PRESIDENT SARGSYAN RECEIVED THE CHAIRMAN OF THE RUSSIAN RAILWAYS COMPANY OLEG BELOZYOROV

President Serzh Sargsyan received today the Chairman of the Russian Railways Company Oleg Belozyorov. The Company is carrying out concessional management of the Armenian railway system. The President of Armenia welcomed the guest and underlined that he considers development of cooperation in the area of transportation an important component of the Armenian-Russian strategic partnership. According to Serzh Sargsyan, partnership with the Russian Railways Company is viewed from this very... more →

Government Provides for More Transparent Procurement Process26.05.2016

Government Provides for More Transparent Procurement Process

A regular Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. Before proceeding to the agenda of the discussion, the Prime Minister stated as follows, “To reduce corruption risks in the procurement process, I hereby assign the Ministry of Finance to ensure greater transparency at different stages of this process, providing each interested person online access in the website of e-procurements to the contracts signed throughout the procurement process and the... more →

PRESIDENT SARGSYAN RECEIVED THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CSTO NIKOLAY BORDYUZHA26.05.2016

PRESIDENT SARGSYAN RECEIVED THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CSTO NIKOLAY BORDYUZHA

The President of Armenia, Chairman of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Serzh Sargsyan received today the Secretary General of the CSTO Nikolay Bordyuzha, who has arrived to Armenia to participate at the meeting of the Heads of the CSTO Internal Affairs Ministries (Police) and to observe Cobalt-2016 tactical and specialized military exercises conducted in Armenia on May 24-26. The President of Armenia stressed the importance of the... more →

THE NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN25.05.2016

THE NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTED HIS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN

Today, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Commonwealth of Australia to the Republic of Armenia Peter Tesch (residence in Moscow) presented his credentials to the President of Armenia. President Serzh Sargsyan congratulated the Ambassador on assuming his position and expressed hope that during his tenure he will spare no effort to develop friendly relations between Armenia and Australia. Wishing Ambassador Tesch all the best, Serzh Sargsyan assured that... more →