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Revaluation of Armenian dram lowers inflationary expectations, potential
Below is an exclusive interview given to the ARKA News Agency by Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) Tigran Sargsyan. ARKA: Mr. Sargsyan, what preliminary estimates of the country’s key macroeconomic indicators for 2007 can you make? Sargsyan: 13.6% macroeconomic growth was recorded in Armenia in January-November 2007, which growth was mainly facilitated ...
02/04/2008RPA nominates current president Sargsyan for upcoming Armenian elections on February 18
Delegates of the 14th congress of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) have unanimously nominated the current president Serzh Sargsyan for presidency in the forthcoming elections of February 18, 2013. YEREVAN, December 17. /ARKA/. Delegates of the 14th congress of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) have unanimously nominated the current president Serzh Sargsyan for ...
12/17/2012Volodin: Armenian and Russian parliaments to expand circle of relations
... planning to expand the circle of their relations and cooperation, the chairman of the Russian State Duma (lower parliament chamber) Vyacheslav Volodin, who has arrived in Armenia today on an official visit, said at a meeting with Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan. YEREVAN, March 3. /ARKA/. Armenian and Russian parliaments are planning to expand the circle of their relations and cooperation, the chairman of the Russian State Duma (lower parliament chamber) Vyacheslav Volodin, who has arrived in Armenia today on an official visit, said at a meeting with Armenian ...
03/03/2017Armenian-Turkish signed protocols should be ratified in reasonable terms – ministry of foreign affairs
Armenian-Turkish signed protocols should be ratified by the parliaments in reasonable terms, said Shavarsh Kocharyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia to the journalists. YEREVAN,... ... will be unnecessary delay, we have an answer for it”, he said. Before signing the protocols President of Armenia Serj Sargsyan said that if Turkey will delay ratification of protocols, Armenia will act in the same way. Complicated relations between ...
10/14/2009Government must launch unstoppable reforms
Below is an exclusive interview by RA Prime Minister TIGRAN SARGSYAN to the ARKA News Agency. Below is an exclusive interview by RA Prime Minister TIGRAN SARGSYAN to the ARKA News Agency. ARKA: Mr. Premier, how well is the Government prepared to relieve the negative influence exerted on Armenia’s economy by the continuing rise in the world prices? T. Sargsyan: The principal threat to us is a price rise. International experts say that low prices should be forgotten for the following 15 years. Of course, this is a painful process,...
04/14/2008President Sargsyan presents Armenia’s favorable investment climate to Czech business people
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and the visiting President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman attended June 8 the opening of the Armenian-Czech Business Forum in Yerevan, Sargsyan’s press office reported. YEREVAN, June 9, /ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and ...
06/09/2016Armen Sargsyan: I had no conflict with Vazgen Sargsyan
Armen Sargsyan, whose candidature was recently put up by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia for presidential election in the National Assembly, said Tuesday that in 1997 he has had no conflict with the then defense minister Vazgen Sargsyan. YEREVAN, January 31. /ARKA/. Armen Sargsyan, whose candidature was recently put up by the ...
01/31/2018Armenian parliament declines inclusion of Nikol Pashinyan’s president impeachment bill in agenda
The National Assembly of Armenia decided not to include opposition MP Nikol Pashinyan’s president impeachment ... ... “I think that approval of this version of the bill would be a great gift to Serzh Sargsyan.” Pashinyan, on his side, said that not a single proposal has come from... ... Development of Bilateral Relations" in Zurich which were to be ratified by the parliaments of both countries. However, on 22 April 2010, the President of Armenia...
02/23/2015The Economist responds to protest in Armenia
“I BELIEVE that one person must not aspire to the reins of power more than twice in a lifetime,” Serzh Sargsyan, then president of Armenia, declared in 2014, the British magazine Economist says in an article titled ‘Armenia’s unpopular president makes himself prime minister’. YEREVAN, April 20. /ARKA/. “I BELIEVE that one person must not aspire to the reins of power ...
04/20/2018Italian investments in Armenia’s economy amount to about 200 million US dollars
President Serzh Sargsyan, who was paying a working visit to the Italian Republic earlier this week, met April 6 with President of Italy Sergio ... ... ago in Rome. The President of Italy considered it symbolic that Serzh Sargsyan’s last visit in the capacity of President of Armenia was being paid to Italy. Sergio Mattarella thanked Serzh Sargsyan for his tenure-long efforts to promote and strengthen ...
04/07/2018President: Armenia to take adequate steps in case Turkey delays ratification
... economic development of our two countries, as well as regional cooperation, strengthening stability and peace in the region," Sargsyan said. He noted that currently the protocols are in the process of ratification by the parliaments. "It's a process which should reflect the seriousness of the positions of the parties, the credibility of their word and sense of responsibility as a mirror. Armenia's respects the international obligations and has the dignity in their words, I hope that Turkey will also be guided ...
11/30/2009Armenian prime minister explains why he agreed to take the post
In a response letter to an open letter addressed to Armenian prime minister Serzh Sargsyan by a group of Armenian graduates of foreign universities, Sargsyan presented the reasons why he agreed to become Armenia’s prime minister after serving two terms as president. YEREVAN, April 21. /ARKA/. In a response letter to an open ...
04/21/2018Sargsyan says Armenia interested in deepening ties with Italy
... President of Armenia expressed the hope that the inter-parliamentary ties, which have long been on the agenda of the Armenian-Italian multifaceted relations, will continue to expand and strengthen thanks to Mrs. Casellati’s personal efforts Serzh Sargsyan highlighted the legislatures’ role in the promotion of interstate relations and an atmosphere of mutual trust and mutual understanding, noting that Armenia is eager to establish closer ties between the two parliaments and develop relations within the framework of inter-parliamentary assemblies which, according to the President, will allow Armenia and Italy to provide comprehensive and reciprocated support on important issues. President Sargsyan thanked ...
04/06/2018Armenia views cooperation with China as important foreign policy priority- president
... numerous areas of mutual interest and in further intensification of Armenian-Chinese ties. According to him, the two countries’ parliaments, legally reinforcing the agreements made between the Presidents, will greatly contribute to the development of political dialogue. Zhang Dejiang expressed satisfaction with the collaboration established with Armenia’s National Assembly. President Serzh Sargsyan expressed his thanks for the warm words and hospitality and noted that Armenia regards its relations with China as one ...
03/26/2015Sargsyan: Turkey’s acknowledgment of the Armenian genocide is‘shortest path’ to reconciliation
... reconciliation in the relations started in autumn 2008 initiated by Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan. Foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey signed protocols about establishing diplomatic relations in Zurich on October 10 2009 to be ratified by the parliaments. On April 22 2010 Armenia’s president Sargsyan suspended the ratification process saying the political majority in the National Assembly considered statements from the Turkish side unacceptable, “specifically those by Prime Minister Erdogan, who has again made the ratification of the ...
04/23/2015Sargsyan and Putin discussed bilateral and Karabakh issues in Sochi
... regional issues, including the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. “Mr. Sargsyan, it is a great pleasure to see you. We are marking some important milestones... ... anniversary of our key agreement on friendship and strategic cooperation. Over this time, Armenia and Russia have done much to give a very solid basis to their relations as two... ... first six months of this year. We boast steady contacts between the two governments and parliaments and are consistently developing interregional cooperation and the joint...
08/24/2017Maintenance and development of atomic energy is a strategic direction for Armenia, president says
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan met today with the newly appointed Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Safety Council under the President of Armenia (NESC), Senior Advisor to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the International Association of Nuclear Operators Miroslav ...
10/27/2017Armenian opposition leader will negotiate only prime minister’s resignation
The only topic of a political dialogue between the opposition and the authorities is the resignation of prime minister Serzh Sargsyan, a parliament member Nikol Pashinyan said in response to Serzh Sargsyan’s call for immediate talks to end street protests,... ... for immediate talks to end street protests, caused by Sargsyan’s election as prime minister. The anti-government protests in Armenia began on April 13 after Armenia's ruling Republican Party nominated former president Serzh Sargsyan for the prime minister’s ...
04/21/2018Karen Karapetyan meets with Serzh Sargsyan before government resignation
Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, received Saturday, Karen Karapetyan prime minister. YEREVAN, April 9. /ARKA/. Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, received Saturday, Karen Karapetyan prime minister. The latter reported to Sargsyan the results of his government’s ...
04/09/2018Serzh Sargsyan offers Armen Sargsyan to become presidential candidate from Republican Party of Armenia
Serzh Sargsyan, the president of Armenia and the head of the Republican Party of Armenia, received today Armen Sargsyan, the country’s ambassador to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, and offered him to be presidential candidate from his party. YEREVAN, January 19. /ARKA/....
01/19/2018Tigran Sargsyan appointed prime minister
President Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree today to re-appoint acting prime minister Tigran Sargsyan to his post, the presidential press service reported. Earlier Tigran Sargsyan’s candidacy was endorsed by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia. YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. President Serzh Sargsyan has signed a decree today to re-appoint acting prime minister Tigran Sargsyan to his post, the presidential press service reported. Earlier Tigran Sargsyan’s candidacy was endorsed ...
04/19/2013President: Armenia facilitates normalization of Armenia-Turkey relations
... Armenian diplomatic missions abroad. It also helped to raise awareness and obligations of the world community in this respect, Sargsyan said. Monday Armenia and Turkey reached an agreement to start internal political consultations on two protocols – the protocol about ... ... bilateral relations. The consultations are expected to be completed within six weeks, then the protocols will be submitted for parliaments’ approval in the countries. Armenia has attempted to settle its relations with a neighboring country as it should ...
09/04/2009Tigran Sargsyan re-elected prime minister of Armenia- decree of president
Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan released a decree on appointing Tigran Sargsyan as a Prime Minister of Armenia, the government’s press service reported on Saturday. YEREVAN, June 4. /ARKA/. Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan released a decree on appointing Tigran ...
06/04/2012House owned by son of former Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan’s brother searched, manhunt launched
Armenia's National Security Service (NSS) has released footage of a search of an apartment in Yerevan’s Arami Street. YEREVAN,... ... apartment in Yerevan’s Arami Street. The NSS press office said drugs and guns have been found in the apartment owned by Narek Sargsyan, 31, son of former president Serzh Sargsyan’s brother Alexander. According to NSS, its officers waited in ambush for ...
07/06/2018Outgoing Serzh Sargsyan presents his views on future president
After awarding the Order of Motherland to Armenia’s National Hero Hovhannes Chekidjian, president Serzh Sargsyan had a meeting with intelligentsia representatives at his palace on January 16, Sargsyan’s press office reported. YEREVAN, January 17, /ARKA/. After awarding the Order of Motherland to Armenia’s National Hero Hovhannes Chekidjian, president ...
01/17/2018Ex-president Serzh Sargsyan's nephew admits to all charges leveled against him
Narek Sargsyan, the nephew of ex-president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, has admitted to all the charges leveled against him during a court hearing of his case. YEREVAN, December 1. /ARKA/. Narek Sargsyan, the nephew of ex-president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has admitted to all the charges leveled ...
12/01/2020Armenia and Bulgaria to sign important documents
At the invitation of Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan, President Rumen Radev of the Republic of Bulgaria has arrived today in Armenia on state visit with his spouse, Sargsyan’s press service said. YEREVAN, February 12. /ARKA/. At the invitation of President Serzh Sargsyan, President Rumen ...
02/12/2018Interests superior over values in US’ and Israel’s approach to the Armenian genocide – president
... reconciliation in the relations started in autumn 2008 initiated by Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan. Foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey signed protocols about establishing diplomatic relations in Zurich on October 10 2009 to be ratified by the parliaments. On April 22 2010 Armenia’s president Sargsyan suspended the ratification process saying the political majority in the National Assembly considered statements from the Turkish side unacceptable, “specifically those by Prime Minister Erdogan, who has again made the ratification of the Armenia-Turkey ...
04/28/2015Armenian president says Ankara’s attempts to re-write history are short-sighted and cynical
... the relations started in autumn 2008 initiated by Armenia’s president Serzh Sargsyan. Foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey signed protocols about establishing diplomatic relations in Zurich on October 10, 2009 that were to be ratified by their parliaments. On April 22, 2010 Armenia’s president Sargsyan suspended the ratification process saying Turkey was not ready to continue the process. Ratification of the protocols has been frozen. –0—
01/29/2015Sargsyan-Pashinyan talks break down
The leader of the opposition parliamentary faction Yelk Nikol Pashinyan, who has been leading anti-government protests since April 13, told his supporters to continue rallies after fruitless five-minute talks with prime minister Serzh Sargsyan at the Marriot-Armenia Hotel today morning. YEREVAN, April 22. /ARKA/. The leader of the opposition parliamentary faction Yelk Nikol Pashinyan, who has been leading anti-government protests since April 13, told his supporters to continue rallies after fruitless five-minute ...
04/22/2018Implementation of joint projects are consistent with spirit of allied relationship between Armenia and Russia- Serzh Sargsyan
On the occasion of Russia’s State holiday - Russia Day - President Serzh Sargsyan visited today the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Armenia, Sargsyan’s press office reported. YEREVAN, June 12, /ARKA/. On the occasion of Russia’s State holiday - Russia Day - President Serzh Sargsyan visited today the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Armenia, Sargsyan’s press office reported....
06/12/2017District court in Prague expected to decide on extradition of fugitive nephew of former president Serzh Sargsyan
A district court in Prague, the Czech Republic, is expected to decide on extradition of Narek Sargsyan, the fugitive nephew of former President Serzh Sargsyan, to Armenia, the Armenian Service of RFE/EL reported. YEREVAN, December 11, /ARKA/. A district court in Prague, the Czech Republic, is expected to decide on extradition of Narek Sargsyan, the fugitive nephew of former President Serzh Sargsyan, to Armenia,...
12/11/2018Poland’s president says Nagorno-Karabakh conflict must be resolved peacefully
On September 19, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in New York on a working visit, met with President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda at the UN headquarters, Sargsyan’s press office reported. YEREVAN, September 20. /ARKA/. On September 19, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,...
09/20/2017Argentinean investments in Armenian economy reach $400 million- Serzh Sargsyan says
Argentine investments in Armenia’s economy have reached $400 million, President Serzh Sargsyan said Monday as met with the President of the Argentine National Senate Amado Boudou as part of his official visit to Argentina. YEREVAN, July 8. /ARKA/. Argentine investments in Armenia’s economy have reached $400 million, President ...
07/08/2014Tigran Sargsyan nominated by RPA for premier’s post
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) backed the nomination of the acting premier Tigran Sargsyan for the post of the premier at its Thursday meeting. YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) backed the nomination of the acting premier Tigran Sargsyan for the post of the premier at its Thursday meeting. The ...
04/19/2013Preparations for extradition of Serzh Sargsyan’s nephew under way now – Armenian police chief
Preparations for extradition of Narek Sargsyan, a nephew former Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, are under way now, Armenian Police Chief Valery Osipyan told journalists on Sunday. YEREVAN, December 9. /ARKA/. Preparations for extradition of Narek Sargsyan, a nephew former Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan,...
12/09/2018President reiterates commitment to continue modernization of Armenia on principles of human rights, democracy and rule of law
YEREVAN, October 21. / ARKA /. Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan received today the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjørn Jagland who has arrived to Armenia to participate in the High Level Conference on Combating Racism, Xenophobia and Intolerance in Europe organized in the framework of Armenia’s ...
10/21/2013Serzh Sargsyan: adversary will have to believe in whatever Armenia believes
Candidate for Armenia’s president the current president Serzh Sargsyan stated that the adversary will have to believe in what Armenia believes. Sargsyan made this statement at his meeting with voters in Vanadzor. YEREVAN, January 31. /ARKA/. Candidate for Armenia’s president the current president Serzh Sargsyan ...
01/31/2013Armenian daily claims that ex-president Serzh Sargsyan’s nephew placed in refugee camp in Czech Republic
A court in Prague, the Czech Republic, has reportedly suspended consideration of extradition issue of Narek Sargsyan, who is the nephew of former Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian daily ‘Zhamanak (Time) says. YEREVAN, April 10. /ARKA/. A court in Prague, the Czech Republic, has reportedly suspended consideration of extradition issue of Narek Sargsyan, who is the nephew of former ...
04/10/2019President Of France Always Attentive To Armenia And Its People: Serzh Sargsyan
During the state dinner given yesterday in honor of French зresident Nicolas Sarkozy Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan said he was delighted to welcome Nicolas Sarkozy YEREVAN, October 7. / ARKA /. During the state dinner given yesterday in honor of French зresident Nicolas Sarkozy Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan said he was delighted to welcome Nicolas Sarkozy,...
10/07/2011Armenia’s president rules out defeat of his party in next parliamentary elections
... Francis and the stance taken by Germany's parliament. Germany's lower house adopted a resolution this month declaring the killings of Christian Armenians by Ottoman forces in World War One a "genocide", a term used by many Western historians and parliaments, but rejected by Ankara. During a visit to Armenia on Friday, the pope departed from his prepared text to use the term, angering Turks. Sargsyan said he did not doubt that a bill criminalizing the denial of the Armenia genocide would be submitted to French parliament again. "The principled position of the pope and the views expressed by the Bundestag will pave the way for new recognitions ...
06/27/2016Armenian court allows law-enforcement authority to arrest ex-president's nephew
An Armenian court allowed a law-enforcement authority to arrest Narek Sargsyan, the nephew of ex-president Serzh Sargsyan, Arevik Khachatryan, a spokeswoman for the Office of Prosecutor General, told Novosti Armenia news agency. YEREVAN, December 24. /ARKA/. An Armenian court allowed a law-enforcement authority to ...
12/24/2019ARF calls for unconditioned dialogue between authorities and opposition
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation/Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), the junior partner of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, has welcomed prime minister Serzh Sargsyan’s call on the opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan to end street protests, caused by Sargsyan’s election as prime minister, a representative of the ARF Supreme Body Arsen Hambartzumyan said today. YEREVAN, April 21. /ARKA/. The Armenian ...
04/21/2018Serzh Sargsyan received Russian lawmakers’ delegation headed by Nikolay Rizhkov
Serzh Sargsyan, Armenian president, received Friday a delegation headed by the Nikolay Ryzhkov, co-chair of the Armenian-Russian interparliamentary ... ... relations with its strategic partner Armenia, the Co-Chair of the Armenian-Russian interparliamentary commission assured that the parliaments of the two states have been doing and will continue to do in the format of the commission their best to promote the ...
11/14/2016Armenian parliament speaker underlines growing role of CSTO
... establishment of the Coordination Meeting as an additional parliamentary mechanism will have its positive impact on the activities of the CSTO," he said. The Coordination Meeting of heads of defense and security committees of CSTO member countries parliaments is being held in Yerevan on September 18-19. On September 18 the participants met with Armenian defense minister Seyran Ohanyan, and also visited the Military Institute after Vazgen Sargsyan. They will also lay wreaths at the Armenian Genocide Memorial Tsitsernakaberd. The war games kicked off on September 15 and will run until September 19. They involve about 2,000 troops from six CSTO countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,...
09/18/2012Re-elected Sargsyan congratulates his team and thanks his rivals
The current president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan who was re-elected, according to the preliminary information from the central electoral commission, for a second term yesterday, congratulated his team and thanked his main rivals in the presidential race. YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. The ...
02/19/2013Armenian parliament speaker to attend EU gathering in Lithuania
... the conference of heads of parliaments of the EU countries on April 7-8. The press office of Armenian parliament said heads of parliaments of several former Soviet republics involved in EU’s "Eastern Partnership" program have been invited ... ... conference and also have some bilateral meetings with peers. During a March 20 visit to Brussels, now ex-prime minister Tigran Sargsyan said that Armenia and the European Union may sign a new large political agreement. .-0-
04/07/2014Ex-president Serzh Sargsyan’s nephew discovered in Prague will be extradited to Armenia
The nephew of ex-president Serzh Sargsyan - Narek Sargsyan (the son of his brother Aleksandr) -who was put on the international wanted list, was found abroad with a false passport of a Guatemalan citizen and will be extradited to Armenia, Armenian police said today. YEREVAN, December 7. /ARKA/. The nephew of ex-president Serzh Sargsyan - Narek Sargsyan (the son of his brother Aleksandr) -who was put on the international wanted list, was found abroad with a false passport ...
12/07/2018Armenia can be reliable and predictable neighbor for European Union – Sargsyan
In an interview with Euronews Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan said what the country could offer the European Union. YEREVAN, March 3. /ARKA/. In an interview with Euronews Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan said what the country could offer the European Union. In response to a remark that Henrikh Mkhitaryan ...
03/03/2017President Sargsyan visits embassy of France on the occasion of France’s National Holiday
On the occasion of National Holiday of France, President Serzh Sargsyan visited today the Embassy of France in Yerevan, Sargsyan’s press office reported. YEREVAN, July 14, /ARKA/. On the ... ... person - the people of France. Sargsyan underscored that he was glad to say once again on the occasion of the Holiday that Armenia is proud to have special relations with the friendly France. In the development and strengthening of the interstate relations,...
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