Piruz Sargsyan aspired to observer status in European ombudsman officeNovember 2, 2010 - 13:45 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Chairman of the Association of Russian Banks Garegin Tosunyan paid a visit to Armenia to familiarize himself with the activity of the financial ombudsman’s office in August 2010. “A month later we learned that a similar office was established Russia,” Armenian financial ombudsman Piruz Sargsyan said. Besides, she noted that the other CIS member countries also show interest in the activity of the Armenian financial ombudsman’s office. As to international cooperation, Sargsyan said that the office is collaborating with UK, France and Netherlands. “Armenia joined the European network of financial arbitrators and ombudsmen in 2009 and attended a FIN-NET meeting in Prague,” she said. An application for observer status will be soon sent to the office of the European ombudsman. 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 | Turkey extends military presence in Azerbaijan The Turkish parliament has adopted a bill submitted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan to extend the mandate of Turkish troops. Russia to begin assessing migrant workers' speaking skills Rosobrnadzor is planning to change the Russian language exam for migrant workers and include an assessment of speaking skills Armenian, Saudi Foreign Minister meet in Riyadh The two commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia Pashinyan: Azerbaijan’s proximity shouldn’t worry border residents At the same time, he said that he “does not guarantee [the security of villagers] one hundred percent”. |