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    ARKA News Agency
    Nov 24 2004

    Armenian-Indian relations develop successfully

    Armenian-Albanians relations discussed by Deputy Armenian Foreign
    Minister and newly Appointed Ambassador to Armenia

    No emergencies recorded for the last day because of snowfall in
    Armenia

    An international workshop on social monitoring opened in Yerevan

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    ARMENIAN-INDIAN RELATIONS DEVELOP SUCCESSFULLY

    YEREVAN, November 24. /ARKA/. Armenian-Indian relations develop
    successfully, RA Ambassador to India Armen Baiburian and Indian
    Foreign Minister Natvar Singh stated at the meeting in accordance to
    the completion of diplomatic mission of Baiburian. The parties
    discussed process of fulfillment of agreements, achieved during the
    visit of RA President Robert Kocharian in India in 2003 and new
    bilateral programs. Baiburian invited Singh to visit Armenia in 2005.
    Singh in his turn highly estimated the contribution of Baiburian in
    development of Armenian-Indian relations. L.D. --0--

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    ARMENIAN-ALBANIANS RELATIONS DISCUSSED BY DEPUTY ARMENIAN FOREIGN
    MINISTER AND NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA

    YEREVAN, November 24. /ARKA/. Armenian-Albanians relations discussed
    by Deputy Armenian Foreign Minister Ruben Shugaryan and newly
    Appointed Ambassador of Albania to Armenia Avni Jelili (residence in
    Moscow), mentioning that these relations must be intensified. As
    Armenian Foreign Minister Press and Information Department told ARKA,
    the sides exchanged opinions around further steps, including mutual
    evaluation of potential, study of markets, organization of business
    forums, creation of legal and contractual base. Among the possible
    spheres of cooperation the sides mentioned trade, tourism, culture.
    To mention the newly appointed Ambassador of Albania to Armenia also
    heads diplomatic missions to Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Uzbekistan and
    Kazakhstan. T.M. –0--

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    NO EMERGENCIES RECORDED FOR THE LAST DAY BECAUSE OF SNOWFALL IN
    ARMENIA

    YEREVAN, November 24. /ARKA/. No emergencies were recorded for the
    last day because of snowfall in Armenia, as Colonel Nikolay Grigoryan
    Head of Armenian Department of Emergency Situations stated. In his
    words all roads are in working conditions except the Selim pass and
    Bagratashen bridge. He mentioned that due to icy roads a car accident
    was recorded in Vayots Dzor without human casualties. There were
    breakdowns on electric lines in Aragatsotn marz, while they were
    removed and the electricity was restored. T.M. –0--

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    AN INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SOCIAL MONITORING OPENED IN YEREVAN

    YEREVAN, November 24. /ARKA/. Today, at the Yerevan Marriott Hotel,
    the Government of Armenia and United Nations Development Programme
    (UNDP) opened a three-day international workshop on Strengthening the
    Capacity for Social Monitoring in the Commonwealth of Independent
    States (CIS): Millennium Development Goals (MDG) and Poverty
    Reduction Strategic Papers (PRSP). Senior representatives of the
    Government of Armenia, UN Agencies and offices in Slovakia, the
    United States of America, and Switzerland, international and local
    organisations, Governors' Offices, as well as distinguished experts
    from Poland, Tanzania, Albania, Kazakhstan, and other countries are
    participating in the workshop. The main objective of the regional
    workshop is to share experiences on social monitoring and identify
    the steps that are needed to establish comprehensive national social
    monitoring systems. The workshop also aims at strengthening the
    capacity of participants by: a) exchanging experiences and discussing
    case studies in the field of social monitoring, with a special focus
    on methodologies and indicators; b) reviewing linkages between MDGs
    and PRSPs in the CIS; and c) discussing mechanisms for building
    partnerships in social monitoring.
    UNDP office to Armenia was founded to 1993. Total cost of UNDP
    programs in Armenia makes $11 million. L.D. --0--

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