ARKA News Agency
Oct 11 2004
The conference of the council of trustees of the Pan-Armenian
International Youth center Foundation held in Yerevan
Field sitting of Armenian Communities’ Union board takes place in
Sevan (Armenia)
Fulfillment of Armenian commitments to CE to assist development of
the country – Norway Foreign Minister
ITERA oil and gas company holds negotiations on selling 10% of the
shares of ArmRusgasprom CJSC for $ 30 mln
Approach of coalition of Armenia may not be strongly different of
president’s approach – Robert Kocharian
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THE CONFERENCE OF THE COUNCIL OF TRUSTEES OF THE PAN-ARMENIAN
INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CENTER FOUNDATION HELD IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, October 11. /ARKA/. The conference of the council of
trustees of the Pan-Armenian International Youth Center Foundation
was held in Yerevan. According to the RA Government’s Press Service
and Public Relations Department, in the course of the conference, in
which RA Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan took part, the Executive
Director of the Fund A. Sinanyan introduced the report on the second
youth forum held in Armenia on July 24-29, 2004. The results of the
conference were introduced, including reports and protocols of the
plenary session and the sessions of thematic and working groups, as
well as information concerning informal discussions, the program of
the forum and the way it was covered by the Mass Media. Sinanyan
noted that as compared to the first forum, the second one had a wider
geography of the participants, and the scope of the issues discussed.
Sinanyan summed up the suggestions made during the forum, sating that
they will be taken into consideration when holding a similar forum
next year, and this will allow increasing the efficiency of it.
In his turn, Margaryan noted that it’s necessary to inform the
participants of the forum of its results, and noted the importance of
using the potential of the youth of the Armenian Diaspora to achieve
the goals of the forum. Margaryan suggested involving young
representatives of the Diaspora, who don’t speak Armenian, when
developing the further programs. A.H.– 0–
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FIELD SITTING OF ARMENIAN COMMUNITIES’ UNION BOARD TAKES PLACE IN
SEVAN (ARMENIA)
YEREVAN, October 11. /ARKA/. Field sitting of Armenian Communities’
Union board takes place in Sevan (Armenia). The heads of communities
of all Armenian regions, the Chairman of Civil Service Council took
part in the sitting. The parties discussed the draft laws on
municipal service and legal changes in the field of regulation of
administrative control of the State over activity of local
self-government bodies. L.D. –0–
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FULFILLMENT OF ARMENIAN COMMITMENTS TO CE TO ASSIST DEVELOPMENT OF
THE COUNTRY – NORWAY FOREIGN MINISTER
YEREVAN, October 11. /ARKA/. Fulfillment of Armenian commitments to
CE will assist development of the country, Norway Foreign Minister,
the Chairman of CE Ministers Committee Jan Petersen stated today in
Yerevan. According to him, fulfillment of the commitments is very
important for Armenia and in this view CE experts are ready to
provide the country consultation assistance on their realization.
Note the issue of fulfillment of Armenian commitments to CE was
discussed at the meeting of RA and Norway foreign ministers. L.D.
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ITERA OIL AND GAS COMPANY HOLDS NEGOTIATIONS ON SELLING 10% OF THE
SHARES OF ARMRUSGASPROM CJSC FOR $ 30 MLN
YEREVAN, October 11. /ARKA/. ITERA oil and gas company holds
negotiations on selling 10% of the shares of ArmRusgasprom CJSC to
one of the West European investment corporations. According to
Regions.Ru referring to ArmRusgasprom, the cost of the deal can make
about $30 mln. At that, the sources didn’t mention the possible buyer
of the shares. According to some analysts of the gas market, the
decision on selling the shares of ArmRusgasprom is connected with the
company’s not becoming the participant of the consortium for the
construction of Iran-Armenia gas pipeline in Meghri-Kajaran part. The
construction will begin in the end of 2004.
In the meantime, as a reply to the corresponding inquiry of ARKA, the
Press Service of ArmRusgasprom refused to comment this information
“proceeding from the ethical considerations”. According to Shoushan
Sardaryan, this issue refers only to ITERA’s administration and RA
Government, as the shareholders of ArmRusgasprom.
On September 8, the agreement on the construction of the Armenian
part of Armenia-Iran gas pipeline in Meghri-Kajaran was signed in
Yerevan. The construction and funding of the Armenian part of the gas
pipeline will do the Iranian company.
Armenia-Russian ArmRusgasprom CJSC is the only supplier of the
natural gas to Armenia. The company was founded in 1997 to sell the
natural gas to local consumers and to transport Russian gas through
the territory of Armenia to other countries. The co-founders of the
company are Russian Gasprom OJSC (45%), ITERA International Group of
Companies (10%), and the RA Ministry of Energy (45%). The authorized
stock capital of ArmRusgasprom CJSC makes $270 mln. ArmRusgasprom
CJSC imported 1,2 bln cubic meters of gas into Armenia in 2003
instead of the planned 1,6 bln. The number of subscribers of
ArmRusgasprom increased by 54 thsd. and made 186 thsd in 2003.A.H.
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APPROACH OF COALITION OF ARMENIA MAY NOT BE STRONGLY DIFFERENT OF
PRESIDENT’S APPROACH – ROBERT KOCHARIAN
YEREVAN, October 11. /ARKA/. Approach of coalition of Armenia may not
be strongly different of that of President, as Armenian President
Robert Kocharian said during his visit to Tavush marz of Armenia. In
his words, it is hard to imagine that President and PM can give
strictly different promises. He stressed that President’s and
Government’s opinions are similar for the large programs. However
there can be other small programs in regard of arrangement of which
there may be different in approaches. “All that the President
promises today is being performed by the Government that is the main
instrument. The Government consists of coalition forces: some work
well, some worse, but the works may not have absolute results”,
Kocharian said. In this contexts he stressed the importance of
implementation of all pre-election problems, the productivity must
correspond the results of the investments made. “It is important that
we can perform all tasks and this witnesses that we learnt to
calculate our forces and the income part of the budget allows
implementing large programs”, Kocharian said. T.M. -0–
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