ARKA News Agency
July 8 2004
RA government approves Armenian-American agreement on provision of
mutual services
Yanosh Potoshnik: Expanding of EU is important for future of EU and
South Caucasus
Newly appointed Ambassador of Iran to Armenia arrives in Yerevan
RA President orders to call to account those involved in abuse on
medicine market
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RA GOVERNMENT APPROVES ARMENIAN-AMERICAN AGREEMENT ON PROVISION OF
MUTUAL SERVICES
YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. RA Government approved Armenian-American
agreement on provision of mutual services, RA Government press office
told ARKA.
Agreement of provision of mutual services was signed in Yerevan on
April 26, 2004. Agreement creates legal base for provision of rear
assistance on the terms of mutual refund. L.D. –0–
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YANOSH POTOSHNIK: EXPANDING OF EU IS IMPORTANT FOR FUTURE OF EU AND
SOUTH CAUCASUS
YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. Expanding of EU is important for future of
EU and South Caucasus, EU Commissar on Expanding Issues Yanosh
Potoshnik stated today at the lecture dedicated to the program
`Expanded Europe: New Neighbors’ in European Regional Academy.
According to him, inclusion of the region in the program opens new
opportunities of cooperation with EU.
He said that in the frames of the program European Commission experts
prepare national report on Armenia that will be ready by the end of
the year or in spring 2005. According to him, the report will cover
the level of democracy, economic condition and legal aspects.
Besides, each country must represent program of activities on
concrete programs. `It will depend on represented program what way
the country wants to pass’, Potoshnik said. The program also includes
mechanism of financial assistance that can be used only till 2007 and
now the accent is made on strengthening of political cooperation of
EU with the countries of the region. L.D. –0–
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NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF IRAN TO ARMENIA ARRIVES IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. Newly appointed Ambassador of Iran to
Armenia Ali Reza Hakikiyan arrived today in Yerevan, RA MFA told
ARKA. After hading of credentials to the President of Armenia,
Hakikiyan will take the office.
According to IRNA, the offer of appointment of Hakikiyan on this
position was made by Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Harrazi. Before
the appointment Ali Reza Hakikiyan headed information-analytical
department of Iranian MFA and at the same time was a Charge D’Affairs
of Iran to Iraq. L.D. –0–
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RA PRESIDENT ORDERS TO CALL TO ACCOUNT THOSE INVOLVED IN ABUSE ON
MEDICINE MARKET
YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. The Ra President Robert Kocharian held a
working meeting today in Yerevan where the situation on medicine
market was discussed. According to the Press Service Department of RA
President, the participants discussed the issue of distribution and
storage of medical supplies, received from benevolent sources. Vahram
Barseghyan, the Head of Control service attached to the RA President,
presented the results of conducted examinations in this sphere. The
RA President gave instructions to plenipotentiary bodies to call to
account those involved in abuse on medicine market and ordered the
control service to continue the inspection of the market. The
Minister of Health was given a task to solve the issues connected
with normalization of distribution and storage of medical supplies.
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