ARKA News Agency
Feb 2 2005
On Feb 7-9 Serge Sargsian to leave for Iran
On Feb 3-4 RA MFA to leave for Tbilisi
Russian Foreign Minister to arrive in Armenia on February 17
RA President conducts working meeting with RA Minister of Urban
Development
On February 11, the first seminar `Frenchizing as a way for the
development of SME’ to be held in Armenia
15-TH conference of Basel committee on Banking Supervision regional
group opens today in Yerevan
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ON FEB 7-9 SERGE SARGSIAN TO LEAVE FOR IRAN
YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. On Feb 7-9, RA Minister of Defense Serge
Sargsian will leave for Iran on the invitation of the Secretary of
Supreme Council of National Security of Iran Hasan Rohani, RA
Ministry of Defense press office told ARKA. Sargsian will meet with
the President of Iran, Foreign Minister and Minister of Defense. L.D.
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ON FEB 3-4 RA MFA TO LEAVE FOR TBILISI
YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. On Feb 3-4 RA Foreign Minister Vardan
Oskanian will leave for Tbilisi with a working visit, RA MFA told
ARKA. Oskanian will meet with the administration of Georgia. On Feb
4, he will take part in international conference `South Caucasus in
XXI Century. Challenges and Opportunities’. L.D. –0 –
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RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA ON FEBRUARY 17
YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s
visit to Armenia is scheduled on February 17. As Armenian Foreign
Ministry Press and Information Department told ARKA, discussion and
exchange of views on the agenda of mutual relations of two countries
are planned n the frames of the visit. During the meeting of two
Foreign Ministers, they will touch issues of bilateral relations and
regional problems.
It is planned that Lavrov’s visit to Armenia will be held within his
regional visits, particularly, his visit to Georgia is scheduled on
February 18. T.M. -0–
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RA PRESIDENT CONDUCTS WORKING MEETING WITH RA MINISTER OF URBAN
DEVELOPMENT
YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. RA President Robert Kocharian conducted
working meeting with RA Minister of Urban Development Aram
Harutyunian. Harutyunian represented the President the package of
changes envisaged by the law on urban development.
The parties discussed strategy in the field of apartments’
construction, namely construction of new apartments on state budget
assets, completion of construction in rural communities, issues
related to realization of program of provision of order for
apartments in Shirak region. L.D. –0 –
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ON FEBRUARY 11, THE FIRST SEMINAR `FRENCHIZING AS A WAY FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SME’ TO BE HELD IN ARMENIA
YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. On February 11, the first seminar
`Frenchizing as a Way for the Development of SME’ will be held in
Armenia. According to the Centre of Exhibition Projects `EXPOMEDIA’,
representatives of some large companies will participate in the
seminar, including Jean Claude Biguine (a net of beauty centres),
Baskin Robins (catering), EXPOFAR (organization of exhibitions),
Jakitoria (Japanese fast food), Star Galaxy (children entertainment
centres), etc. The following subjects will be discussed at the
seminar: the peculiarities of frenchizing relations in CIS, purchase
of frenchize from `A’ to `Z’, purchase of frenchizing in the sphere
of catering, peculiarities of frenchizing in Russia, the experience
of application frenchizing in the services sector, advantages and
shortcomings of franchising, problems of a and owner and user.
The seminar was organized by Trade -Commerce Chambers of Armenia and
Russia, Centre of Exhibition Projects `EXPOMEDIA’, EXPOFAR Moscow
company and the National Centre for SME Development. A.H. – 0–
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15TH CONFERENCE OF BASEL COMMITTEE ON BANKING SUPERVISION REGIONAL
GROUP OPENS TODAY IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, February 2. /ARKA/. 15th conference of the Regional Group of
Basel Committee on Banking Supervision of countries of Transcaucasia,
Central Asia and Russia opens today in Yerevan. As stated Tigran
Toirosyan, the Chairman of CBA addressing the conference, the work of
the conference has a principal importance, as the perfection of the
banking system `may play a decisive role in carrying out economic
reforms for our regional group’. He noted that quite interesting
discussions are carried out in the countries of the region concerning
the priorities in the area of reforms and order of steps in the
financial sector as well. `Exchange of views is always very useful
and the practice of reform implementation helps to a great extent to
figure out which mechanisms and forms of supervision are applicable
on this stage’, said Sargsyan.
In his turn, the President of the Regional Group on Banking
Supervision of countries of Transcaucasia, Central Asia and Russian
Federation, the Deputy Chairman of National Bank of Tajikistan Juma
Eshov noted that such meetings allow exchanging views on current
issues for the implementation of the tasks put before the group and
also help to identify the future direction of its activities. `Today,
we can say that we managed to achieve a lot in our work exactly
thanks to the experience and knowledge we obtain in our cooperation’,
noted Eshov.
15th conference of the Regional Group of Basel Committee on Banking
Supervision of countries of Transcaucasia, Central Asia and Russia is
being held in Armenia on February 2 -4. Within the framework of the
conference, it is planned to discuss the situation in the banking
system of each country, steps to prevent the use of the banking
system for money laundering, peculiarities of supervision over
non-banking financial institutions, as well as issues of an efficient
banking supervision implementation. The procedure of handing over of
the authorities of the President and the Secretariat of the Regional
Group will be held, Armenia being one of the main candidates.
Regional Group of Basel Committee on Banking Supervision was
established in 1995 to solve the problems on the way to bank
formation and coordination of common efforts. The National Bank of
Tajikistan was the President of the Group during the last two years;
the term of office expires in 2005. The election of the next
President of the Group is carried out on the rotation principle.
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