Representatives of RA Ministry of Agriculture dismissedNovember 4, 2010 - 17:58 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - During the November 4 governmental sitting, Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan expressed resentment over non-fulfillment of the Armenian President’s instructions referring to frontier state functions. “We should jointly and urgently fulfill the President’s instructions. It refers not only to tax and customs functions, but also to all state functions implemented at border, when our citizens and enterprises cross it,” said Sargsyan. He referred to phytosanitary matters, saying that a report of the Prime Minister’s control service proves that the Ministry of Agriculture improperly conducted inspections in the field. The Prime Minister added that the Minister of Agriculture has already dismissed the head of the licensing department. The head of phytosanitary inspection will also be dismissed. To define certainly the functions of phytosanitary, Advisor to the RA Prime Minister Aram Gharibyan was instructed to submit offers on clarification of the functions within 10 days jointly with the Minister of Agriculture. “Unreasonable functions should be abolished at border. Only those functions, which are needed for provision of relevant documents, should be kept,” said Tigran Sargsyan. 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 | 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. 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. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |