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    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.
    --0 -

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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.
    L.V.--0--
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