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ARMENIA TO SPEND OVER 8.9 BLN DRAMS ON ITS EMBASSIES ABROAD IN 2015 - MINISTRY OF FINANCE
YEREVAN, October 31. /ARKA/. Armenia's appropriations for embassies
and representative offices abroad will exceed 8.9 billion drams in
2015, an increase of 1 billion compared to 2014, the country's first
deputy minister of finance Pavel Safaryan said during the draft budget
discussions at parliament commissions on Thursday.
Appropriations are increased to cover all costs of Armenia's embassies
in Denmark and Iraq which are now partly funded by philanthropists,
Safaryan said.
The country is not planning to open new embassies in 2015, he said.
The ministry of foreign affairs will receive 60.066 million drams
from the budget, including 35.066 million drams for embassy buildings.
According to the 2015 draft budget, Armenia's consolidated budget
revenues will amount to 1 trillion 221 billion drams and budget
spending will total 1 trillion 337 million drams. Budgeted deficit
is 116.6 billion drams. ($1 - 411.74 drams). -0-
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YEREVAN, October 31. /ARKA/. Armenia's appropriations for embassies
and representative offices abroad will exceed 8.9 billion drams in
2015, an increase of 1 billion compared to 2014, the country's first
deputy minister of finance Pavel Safaryan said during the draft budget
discussions at parliament commissions on Thursday.
Appropriations are increased to cover all costs of Armenia's embassies
in Denmark and Iraq which are now partly funded by philanthropists,
Safaryan said.
The country is not planning to open new embassies in 2015, he said.
The ministry of foreign affairs will receive 60.066 million drams
from the budget, including 35.066 million drams for embassy buildings.
According to the 2015 draft budget, Armenia's consolidated budget
revenues will amount to 1 trillion 221 billion drams and budget
spending will total 1 trillion 337 million drams. Budgeted deficit
is 116.6 billion drams. ($1 - 411.74 drams). -0-
http://arka.am/en/news/politics/armenia_to_spend_over_8_9_bln_drams_on_its_embassi es_abroad_in_2015_ministry_of_finance/#sthash.ZI6X03AF.dpuf