Armenian President signifies joint efforts in combating money laundering and financing of terrorismJuly 12, 2011 - 18:25 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan received Boudewijn Verhelst, Chair of Egmont Group Financial Intelligence Units and Bronwyn Somerville, Executive Secretary who arrived in Yerevan to participate in the 19th sitting of the Group. The sitting hosts about 290 delegates from 102 country-members of Financial Intelligence Units as well as such international structures as IMF, WB and FATF. As the Presidential service reports, Serzh Sargsyan welcomed conduction of the sitting in Yerevan and highly praised the work of the structure in the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism. Serzh Sargsyan thinks that these phenomena are boundless therefore require combined efforts. 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. |