ARKA News Agency
Sept 16 2004
The Head of Ra Parliament and Newly Appointed SAR Ambassador to
Armenia discuss perspectives of economic cooperation
RA Deputy Foreign Minister meets with representatives of Latvian
Defense Ministry
First meeting of Armenians of Europe to take place on Oct 18-19 in
Brussels
Political boycott cannot be considered a not valid reason by the
political structures
Armenia and Finland plan to activate cooperation in military and
economic spheres
The acknowledgement of Conversebank as the best bank in armenia by
The Banker is a serious event for the bank
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THE HEAD OF RA PARLIAMENT AND NEWLY APPOINTED SAR AMBASSADOR TO
ARMENIA DISCUSS PERSPECTIVES OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION
YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. The Head of RA Parliament Arthur
Baghdasarian and Newly Appointed SAR Ambassador to Armenia Ashraf
Sentso discussed perspectives of economic cooperation, RA NA told
ARKA. Special accent was made on cooperation in jewellery and tourism
spheres. Besides, the parties discussed establishment and
strengthening of bilateral political and trade relations. They
emphasized the conclusion of base agreement on friendship and
cooperation that will contribute to multilateral cooperation between
Armenia and SAR.
The Ambassador invited Baghdasarian to visit SAR. L.D. –0–
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RA DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LATVIAN
DEFENSE MINISTRY
YEREVAN, September, 16. /ARKA/. The RA Deputy Foreign Minister Tatul
Margaryan met today with Edgar Rinkevitchs, Secretary of State of the
Ministry of Defense of Latvia and Angey Wiloumsons, Director of
Defense Policy and Planning Department of Latvian Defense Ministry.
According to the Press Service and Public Relations Department of the
RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the meeting, Margaryan
presented the approaches of Armenia to regional policy, Nagorno
Karabakh conflict settlement and measures undertaken by the republic
on ensuring regional security and strengthening of mutual confidence
between its neighbors. Besides, he also acquaint the guests with
Armenia-NATO relations current stage and further cooperation
perspective
In his turn, Rinkevichs noted the opportunity of cooperation
expansion between the defense authorities of the two countries in a
number of areas. L.V..–0–
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FIRST MEETING OF ARMENIANS OF EUROPE TO TAKE PLACE ON OCT 18-19 IN
BRUSSELS
YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. First meeting of Armenians of Europe
will take place on Oct 18-19 in Brussels, Federation Euro-Armenienne
told ARKA. For this goal, RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian will
arrive in Brussels. The meeting will create an opportunity of
dialogue between different Armenian communities, organizations and
institutes of Europe that will lead to create of joint position on
such an important issues as for example culture and language of
Armenians of Europe, the issue of Turkey joining Europe. European
experts, Europarliament deputies and representatives of
Eurocommission will also take part in the work of the meeting.
Today, more than two million Armenians live in EU countries. L.D.
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POLITICAL BOYCOTT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED A NOT VALID REASON BY THE
POLITICAL STRUCTURES
YEREVAN, September, 16. /ARKA/. Political boycott cannot be
considered a not valid reason by the political structures, as stated
Gourgen Arsenyan, the leader of Unified labor Party at today’s press
conference. He added that political boycott is a common event and
occupies its special and important place in political field.
It should be reminded that on September 10, 2004, the Parliamentary
Commission on State-legal Issues of the RA NA decided to include the
issue of unacceptable absence of 26 deputies in the agenda of the RA
Parliament autumn session. The opposition deputies have been
boycotting the session of the Parliament since February 2, 2004.
L.V.–0–
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ARMENIA AND FINLAND PLAN TO ACTIVATE COOPERATION IN MILITARY AND
ECONOMIC SPHERES
YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. Armenia and Finland plan to activate
cooperation in military and economic spheres. It was stated during
the meeting of the Secretary of National Security Council at RA
President, RA Minister of Defense Serge Sargsian with newly appointed
Ambassador of Finland to Armenia Terji Hakkala. The parties discussed
perspectives of cooperation in the frames of NATO “Partnership for
Peace” program and peacemaking activity. Sargsian expressed
confidence that experience of Finnish military men will be useful to
Armenia. The Ambassador noted that first steps for the beginning of
military cooperation are already being made. It was noted that
Finnish specialists participated in the inspection of RA Armed Forces
with OSCE. The parties also stressed that Armenian and Finnish
peacemakers are successfully cooperating in Balcanas. L.D. –0–
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THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CONVERSEBANK AS THE BEST BANK IN ARMENIA BY
THE BANKER IS A SERIOUS EVENT FOR THE BANK
YEREVAN, September 16. /ARKA/. The acknowledgement of Conversebank as
the best bank in Armenia by The Banker is a serious event for the
bank, according to the Director in Chief of the bank Smbat Nasibyan.
According to him, “it is a high appraisal of the activities of the
bank made on the base of the analysis of the speed of the development
of the bank and the implementation of technological innovations by
it”.
On September 9, 2004, The Banker, included into a group of Financial
Times, acknowledged Conversebank as the best bank in Armenia in 2004.
The bank was awarded a diploma and a prize “BRACKEN”, which was the
statuette of Drenden Bracken, the founder of the journal. British
HSBC was recognized as the best bank of 2004 in the world. Among the
Russian nominees the winner became the largest bank of the country –
Savingsbank.
All prize-winners are elected by The Banker on the basis of the
answers of the banks to the questions relating to the growth of their
capital, assets and profitability. In addition to that, they should
demonstrate the way the implementation of technologies assists them
in advancement in the market, as well as the structure and the
strategy they use to prepare for the further developments in the
market.
To remind, in 2003, HSBC Bank Armenia was acknowledged the best bank
in Armenia by The Banker. A.H. –0–
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress