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    ARKA News Agency
    Dec 28 2004


    30 Armenian businessmen receive honorary certificates for sponsorship
    of first international film festival `Gold Apricot'

    RA Ambassador to Iran released from his position

    Armenian Prime Minister expresses condolences to his colleagues in
    countries of South-Eastern Asia hit by tsunamis

    Head of Armenian Government invites sitting of Armenian National
    Water Council

    ARKA Armenian News Agency awarded certificate for full coverage of
    economic develpoment of the country

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    30 ARMENIAN BUSINESSMEN RECEIVE HONORARY CERTIFICATES FOR SPONSORSHIP
    OF FIRST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL `GOLD APRICOT'

    YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. 30 Armenian businessmen received
    honorary certificates for sponsorship of first international film
    festival `Gold Apricot'. According to Honorary Chairman of the
    Festival, RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian, first film festival
    was successful enough and created backgrounds for conduction of
    similar festivals in the future. He said that Armenian businessmen
    provided about $100 thousand for conduction of festival. `Without
    their participation the festival would not take place', he stressed.
    He also expressed hope that `Yerevan will be placed on a map of
    international festivals'.
    UMEA Chairman Arsen Kazarian in his turn expressed satisfaction with
    the fact that `businessmen related with understanding to culture
    initiative and realized that when business gives hand to culture the
    success is guaranteed'. At this he said that in few years demand to
    the quality of culture will grow along with the growth of capital of
    businessmen.
    According to RA Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hovik Oveyan,
    film festival promises to become annual.
    On June 30 - July 4 international film festival `Gold Apricot' took
    place in Yerevan. 55 films from 16 countries were demonstrated in the
    frames of the festival. L.D. --0--

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    RA AMBASSADOR TO IRAN RELEASED FROM HIS POSITION

    YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. RA Ambassador Extraordinary and
    Plenipotentiary to Iran Gegham Garibdjanian released from taken
    position in accordance to President's decision, RA President's press
    office told ARKA. L.D. --0--

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    ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES TO HIS COLLEAGUES IN
    COUNTRIES OF SOUTH-EASTERN ASIA HIT BY TSUNAMIS

    YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. Today, the Prime Minister of Armenia,
    Andranik Margaryan expressed condolences to his colleagues in the
    countries of South-Eastern Asia hit by tsunamis. According to the
    Public Relations and Press Department of RA Government, telegrams of
    condolences were sent to Prime Ministers of Sri-Lanka, Malaysia,
    Thailand, Bangladesh and India. Margaryan asked to give his
    condolences to the families and relatives of the dead. L.V.-0--

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    HEAD OF ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT INVITES SITTING OF ARMENIAN NATIONAL
    WATER COUNCIL

    YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. Armenian PM Andranik Margarian invited
    a sitting of the Armenian National Water Council. As Armenian
    Government Public and Press Relations Department told ARKA, Armenian
    Ecology Minister Vardan Ayvazyan mentioned during the sitting that
    the main grounds for forming of legislation basis in water sector was
    the Armenian Water Code which was passed in 2002, after which 45
    standard-legal acts have been adopted for the sector. He particularly
    stressed the importance of adoption of the governmental decree on
    setting up procedure for estimation of economic activity on water
    resources that defines the sum of losses incurred by the country
    water sector. Minister also mentioned that a number of project
    `Strategy of payments for use of water resources', draft law on `Main
    provisions of the water policy of Armenia were developed with support
    of the USAID. He added that the financial support of the USAID is
    also expected for implementation of works targeted at the development
    of the national water policy of the Republic.
    In his turn Chairman of the Water Committee at the Armenian
    Government Andranik Andreasyan added that in 2002-2004 the Committee
    presented 34 draft governmental decrees, 2 draft laws and 2 draft
    decrees of the Armenian PM. He said that in 2005-2006 the State Water
    Committee is intended one governmental decree and draft law on
    potable water. He also mentioned that the process of transferring of
    irrigation systems and properties to the non-refundable use of
    Association of Water Users was completed this year and the body is
    going to launch establishing of Union of Water Users which also would
    receive irrigation systems and property. T.M. -0--

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    ARKA ARMENIAN NEWS AGENCY AWARDED CERTIFICATE FOR FULL COVERAGE OF
    ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY

    YEREVAN, December 28. /ARKA/. The Armenian Development Agency and the
    Secretariat of the RA Entrepreneurship Assistance Council awarded
    ARKA Armenian News Agency a certificate for full coverage of economic
    development of the country. `We express our deep gratitude for the
    full coverage of the economic development of the country, as well as
    for providing qualitative information to the community of Armenia and
    foreign countries ', says the certificate.
    ARKA News Agency specializes in financial, economic and political
    information. It has been functioning since May 1, 1996. The
    professional credo of the agency is authentic, reliable and on-line
    information. According to the results of 2000, ARKA Agency was
    recognized by the Central Bank of Armenia the best economic agency of
    Armenia. In 2002 and 2003, Business Initiative Directions recognized
    ARKA worth the prize of International Star Award for Quality in Gold
    category. L.V. -0--
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