RA Parliament Speaker and Head of WB Yerevan Office discussed prospects for cooperationSeptember 8, 2009 - 19:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan has today received Aristomene Varoudakis, Head of WB office in Yerevan, RA NA Public Relations department reports.Welcoming his guest, Parliament Speaker highly assessed World Bank's cooperation with Armenian authorities and expressed willingness to assist in its projects. In that context, he stressed the importance of establishing Parliament's control over effective use of sums allocated to Armenia. During the meeting, parties discussed issues concerning financial-economic recession and its impact on Armenia. They also touched upon possible cooperation between World Bank and National Assembly in the sphere of developing Parliament's professional and technical capacities. 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 | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |