ARMENIA TO HEAD REGIONAL GROUP OF REGIONAL GROUP BASEL CONFERENCE ON BANKING SUPERVISIONFebruary 4, 2005 - 19:09 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today the conference of the Regional Group on Banking Supervision with the participation of representatives of the South Caucasian states, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kirghizia, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan finished its work in Yerevan. As reported by Regnum news agency, Armenia in the person of Central Bank Chairman Tirgan Sargsian will preside over the regional group of the Basel Conference on banking Supervision within next two years. He noted that "the exchange of experience will help to clarify the phases of implementation of Basel standards in Armenia". The next conference will also be held in Armenia this October. 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 | 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. |