Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Armenian Diplomats Don't Trade In Cars

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Armenian Diplomats Don't Trade In Cars

    ARMENIAN DIPLOMATES DON'T TRADE IN CARS
    By Ara Martirosian

    AZG Armenian Daily
    26/01/2008

    The response of the head of the press and information department of
    the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Karapetyan to Radio Liberty

    Mr. Karapetyan, the German DPA agency informs that the diplomats
    representing Armenia to Buenos Aires have appeared among diplomats of
    over 30 other countries, who are suspected by the foreign ministry
    of Argentina of illegal import of cars. Please confirm or refute
    this information.

    The part of the information published in the Clarin, an Argentinian
    newspaper, and spread by the German agency DPA concerning the Armenian
    embassy to Argentina and its staff is not true.

    In Argentina no Armenian diplomat has ever bought a personal car and
    has never been involved in any profit deal.

    The Armenian embassy to Argentina owns a Honda Accord car which was
    donated to the embassy in 2006 by the national benefactor Eduardo
    Seferyan, and one For Focus which was bought in 2007. The Armenian
    embassy does not own any other car.

    It should be noted that the authoritative Argentinean newspaper La
    Nacion published a story about the same incident but did not mention
    the Armenian embassy.

    The foreign minister of Argentina Jorge Taiana has initiated an
    investigation in illegal import of cars.

    Several senior officials of the foreign ministry and customs service
    of Argentina have been dismissed. The Armenian embassy urges in a
    letter to the editor of the Clarin to refute the wrong information.

    Jan B. Poulsen Appointed Coach of Armenian National Football Team

    Veteran Danish coach Jan B. Poulsen has been appointed as the man
    to lead Armenia through 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying, coming in as
    a permanent replacement to Ian Porterfield following the Scotsman's
    death in September.

    The 61-year-old Poulsen will couple the role with that of the Football
    Federation of Armenia technical director, taking the reins from
    Vardan Minasyan who took temporary charge after Porterfield passed
    away following a long illness. "I've only seen two Armenia matches so
    I'll get to know the players and the team during training sessions,"
    said the former Denmark Under-21 coach. "Our goal is to achieve good
    results and play attractive football." Poulsen will get a taste of
    what is to come at the beginning of February when Armenia compete in
    an international tournament in Malta, alongside the hosts, Belarus
    and Iceland, uefa.com reports.

    RA Trade and Economy Minister: Armenian Industry Experiences "Quite"
    Growth without Diamond Proceeding

    Nerses Yeritsian, RA Trade and Economy development Minister, dwelt
    on the results of the past economic year at yesterday's annual press
    conference. Touching upon the main microeconimic factors, he stated
    that the economic growth was quite an impressive one. As for the
    industry, he said that even excluding the diamond proceeding sector,
    the economic growth made 8,8% last year. He especially pointed out
    the growth of machinery industry which made 20%.

    Yeritsian said that they have elaborated a number of programs aimed
    to improvement of business athmosphere, to economic growth mainly
    in the spheres of mining industry, chemical industry, tourism and
    information technologies. He added that they expect certain improvement
    of the diamond proceeding sector after cooperating with the Russian
    "Alrosa" company.

    In response to the question of a journalist, Yeritsian said that
    in conditions of economic downturn in the US, the prices for gross
    products in Armenia may not be changed much. Yeritsian also added
    that there are manu serisous investments made in the cphere of mining
    industry aimed to the development of this primary sphere of Armenian
    economy. Yeritsuan promised to give more detailed information about
    the sphere of mining industry in 6-7 months.

    As for the pre-electoral programs, he said that such promises as growth
    of budget and salaries may acuse high inflation, as awell as certain
    expectations that may dissappoint people if they do not come true.
Working...
X