PRIME MINISTER OF ARMENIA AWARDED CERTIFICATES TO THE GRADUATES OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ACCCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS OF ARMENIA

ARKA
Oct 14, 2009

YEREVAN, October 14. /ARKA/. On Wednesday Prime Minister of Armenia
Tigran Sargsyan awarded certuificates to the graduates of the
Association of Accountants and Auditors of Armenia.

"Accountants have an important mission in Armenia and we should invest
international financial standards in Armenia", said Sargsyan during
his visit to the Association of Accountants and Auditors of Armenia
and CJSC "National institute of standards".

Mels Petrosyan, the head of the Association said that certificates are
awarded to 105 specialists, from which 32 in the sphere of audit, 49
graduates received qualification of accountants and 24 – book-keepers.

At present, 13 companies are included in Learning-Editorial Center
of the Association which provides accounting services to the
representatives of small and medium businesses.

"About 250 small and medium enterprises have already used the services
of the Center and their number is increasing day-by-day. Thanks to
the new price policy, we expect involvement of new companies in the
activities of the Center", said Petrosyan.

Haykanush Bagratunyan, representative of USAID said that they are
supporting the Association for already 10 years and are glad that it
provides qualified training of Armenian auditors and accountants. The
Association publishes newspapers, journals and books. They organize
professional, technical and other specialized short-term courses,
training, retraining, double training and organization of standards,
expertise and certificates for relevance of standards, organization
of control and quality assurance.