ARMENIA AND UNDP SIGNED DOCUMENT ON WORKING OUT STRATEGIC PROGRAM FOR COUNTRY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTSeptember 10, 2002 - 22:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today Armenian minister of trade and economic development Karen Chshmaritian and UNDP resident representative in Armenia Joel Boutroue signed a document on working out a strategic program for economic development of the country. As Karen Chshmaritian stated at the signing ceremony, the program costing 50 thousand US dollars provides for expert estimates, planning the future economic development of Armenia and will be totally coherent with the main trends of the strategic program on poverty reduction. In the minister's words, the integration into the international market has positively told on the development of the Armenian economy, but has also had negative impact, in particular, due to reduction of prices at the international market. "The program main task is to work out such direction of economy, which will minimize the negative tendencies of international development and maximize protection from them," - K. Chshmaritian said. Top stories Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. 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. Partner news | Ucom Celebrates Telecommunication Day May 17 commemorates the founding of the International Telecommunication Union on May 17, 1865. Border residents overnight on highway to protest Armenia’s Residents of Kirants continue to express outrage over the government’s decision to cede land to Azerbaijan. Get Started: An educational platform for young startuppers The Get Started program which operates in two phases is an important platform for young startuppers. Byblos Bank Armenia celebrates Students' Day with scholarship recipients YSU students who received scholarships from Byblos Bank Armenia gathered in a casual setting to meet with the Bank's CEO, Hayk Stepanyan. |