  Armenia joins WTO Agreement on Government Procurement  December 7, 2010 - 18:59 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia has become a party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), as per a unanimous decision adopted during a sitting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Government Procurement in Geneva, the press service of the RA Ministry of Finance reported. As part of reforms in the system of government procurement, the RA government has drafted a new bill on Government Procurement and submitted it to the RA National Assembly. In case of its adoption, the Armenian legislation will be brought to compliance with international standards. As Armenia has become a party to the Agreement, it will allow Armenian producers to participate in international competitions on equal terms along with 45 member states of the Agreement, what will facilitate production expansion and search of new sales markets for Armenian producers.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Erdogan wants “realistic road map” for relations with Armenia  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a “new realistic road map” for relations with Armenia.Armenia-Azerbaijan: Experts launch work on determining coordinates Expert groups from the countries started the process of determining the coordinates based on geodetic measurements.Yerevan says did not expect CSTO in peacekeeping role Pashinyan has declared that the CSTO would be expected to come to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border as an ally of ArmeniaHenrikh Mkhitaryan wins Serie A title with Inter Inter Milan midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan admits that the team have long been imagining clinching Serie A against AC Milan. |
