Armenian Premier closely follows local media reportsOctober 29, 2009 - 19:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During an October 29 Government session, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan informed participants about MP Victor Dallakyan's public statement on state officials' being engaged in money laundering. "We too, must make a public response," he said, adding that responsibility for such step falls on the lot of Central Bank and RA General Prosecutor's Office.Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan noted in turn that the outcomes of law enforcement agencies and banking system's anti-money laundering operations had been submitted in a board session a few days back. MANIVAL experts did not classify Armenia among states under strict observation and positively assessed the country's steps towards combating money laundering. 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 | 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. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |