ARMENIA RATIFIES AGREEMENT ON ESTABLISHING CIS HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION FUND
UzReport.com, Uzbekistan
Nov 27 2006
The Parliament of Armenia ratified the Agreement on establishing CIS
intergovernmental fund of humanitarian cooperation.
The agreement was signed by Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz
republic, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan on 25 May 2006 in
Dushanba.
The main goal of this Agreement is development of humanitarian
cooperation between CIS countries. It will facilitate close
collaboration in the sphere of sport, culture, education, tourism,
youth programs implementation, AI Armenia-News informs.
Gegam Garibdjanyan, the deputy Prime Minister of Armenia says:
"According to the Agreement terms and conditions the aim of this fund
is to provide an appropriate financing aid to the events (projects)
in a sphere of humanitarian cooperation. The fund will be formed based
on the voluntary investments from CIS countries. The Agreement also
states the policy of intergovernmental fund of CIS countries."
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress