Prime Minister met with Armenian diplomatsSeptember 2, 2009 - 19:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan has participated in the annual meeting between MFA central staff and Heads of diplomatic missions abroad.Touching upon Government's anti-crisis measures, Sargsyan mentioned that international experts had estimated them as effective. Premier also introduced prospects for the country's development, as well as Government's approach to achieving progress on domestic markets. Achieving success requires new approaches, as old tools have nothing to do in modern world, Premier added. In that connection, he stressed the role of National Competitiveness Council, All-Armenian Bank, as well as security market and programs requiring large-scale investments. To achieve those goals, it is necessary to establish close cooperation with diplomatic corpse. Prime Minister also answered diplomats' questions. Summing up meeting results, Mr. Sargsyan noted that effective foreign and domestic policies were interrelated with each other, hence he anticipated new proposals and initiatives. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. 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. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. Armenia, Russia agree on repairing railway destroyed in floods Yerevan and Moscow have agreed to repair a flood-stricken railway in northern Armenia. |