  Budget of President's office will be cut by AMD 600 million November 1, 2016 - 13:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The draft state budget for the year 2017 envisages a cut in the budget of the President's office, chief of the President' staff Armen Gevorgyan said, according to Aysor. Over AMD 4.5 billion will be spent on the program expenses of the office in 2017, down by some AMD 600 million against the around AMD 5.1 billion this year, Gevorgyan said. According to the official, the reduction is caused by the dissolution of the staff of the National Security Council and the formation of a National Security Council Secretariat within the President's office. Also, he said, the cut is conditioned by a reduction of capital expenditures and repair work.   Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.   Partner news |  Related sections Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |
