  Armenia to ratify Free Trade Area agreement in fall July 24, 2012 - 18:22 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - This fall Armenia will ratify the Free Trade Area agreement in the framework of CIS, Armenian and Russian parliament speakers said. “I was pleased to learn that Armenian authorities have already developed documents on Free Trade Area agreement, with the latter to be ratified at RA National Assembly’s fall session,” State Duma speaker Sergey Naryshkin said. “We hope Armenia will become the third country to ratify the document after Russia and Belarus,” the official said. The prime ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member states signed a free trade agreement on October 18, 2011. The agreement eliminates export and import duties on a host of goods. It also contains a number of exemptions that will ultimately be phased out. The agreement was signed by all the CIS states except Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Partner news  Top stories A special sitting of the National Assembly launched on Monday, June 17, with 104 parliamentarians participating. “I’m good at what I’m doing – implementing educational and charity projects,” he said in an interview with Ksenia Sobchak. RPA parliamentary group leader Galust Sahakyan said the latest National Assembly session featured both show and populism. The National Assembly adopted package of bills on making amendments to laws on “government structure” and “public service”.   Partner news |  Latest news UN chief hails China's peacekeeping efforts  Ban said China has provided more peacekeepers than all the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council.Iran's Guardian Council approves presidential election result Hassan Rouhani won the election by taking nearly 51% of votes. Since he won more than half, that eliminated the need for a runoff.Friends of Syria to meet in Doha on June 22: French official Assad's forces aim to retake Aleppo, where they have been mired in a bloody stalemate with rebels for nearly a year.Parliament approves amendments to law on minimum wage rate Besides, new scale of salaries will be introduced, according to which the minimum wage rate will be doubled by 2017. |
