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PRESIDENT BUSH PROPOSES REMOVAL OF JACKSON-VENIK AMENDMENT IN RESPECT TO RUSSIA
JANUARY 19. US president George W. Bush
addressed a letter to the US Congress, requesting it to suspend the
Jackson-Venik amendment to the trade law of 1974 dealing with Russia,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,
Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. The amendment was removed in relation to
Georgia and Kyrghyztan in 2000.
According to ITAR-TASS, during their November meeting Bush and Putin
agreed to remove the trade barriers that were left over from the cold
war. The most serious of them is the Jackson-Venik amendment, which
linked the trade and economic cooperation with the policy dealing
with the emigration of the Jews. Early in January, the American
legislator Tom Lantos announced his intention to submit to the House
of Representatives a proposal for removal of the Jackson-Venik
amendment in relation to Russia. His intention he motivated by the
fact that the amendment has lost its importance in relation to
present-day Russia, which removed all the barriers to emigration, and
is currently the USA's partner in the international arena.
NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT AND ARMENTEL COMPANY TO END
TODAY
JANUARY 19. A 60 day term of negotiations between
the Armenian government and the "ArmenTel" company concerning the
latter's intentions of introducing a per-minute billing system for
local calls in Armenia will expire today at 12:00 a.m.
It should be noted that it was David Haroutiunyan who was empowered
to conduct the negotiations. Talking to journalists, the minister did
not rule out the possibility that the negotiation process will be
prolonged.
However, official information on results of the negotiations will be
announced only Jan 21, the Armenian Ministry of Justice told
ARMINFO.
RUSSIAN FRONTIER GUARDS RECEIVE FREE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FROM ARMENIAN
DOCTORS
JANUARY 19. 1,200-1,500 Russian frontier guards
serving in Armenia, as well as members of their families, received
free medical assistance from Armenian doctors under the project
implemented by the "Yerkir-Nairi" benevolent medical organization.
President of the organization, Professor Pavel Ananikian said that
today Russian frontier guards received medical assistance - from
ordinary medical examination to complicated operations - worth a
total of 200,000 USD. The Yerevan hospital of the Russian Ministry of
Defense received medical equipment worth a total of 1,000 USD.
Ananikian said that the "Yerkir-Nairi" benevolent organization was
established in September 1998. It has 350 members, among whom
leading Armenian doctors, representatives of the legislative and
executive powers, big businessmen. During its 3-year and more
activities the organization has organized 45 actions, rendering free
medical aid to over 55,000 people. 60 general surgical operations,
70 ophthalmologic and over 1,000 stomatological operations have been
performed. Various types of medical procedures and examinations have
also been carried out. Necessary medical preparations were
distributed among patients. "As continuation of centuries-long
traditions between the Armenian and Russian peoples in the
political, economic, scientific and cultural spheres, this
arrangement is aimed at establishing new ties in the health sphere,"
Professor Ananilkian said.
ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH ARMENTEL TO BE CONTINUED
JANUARY 19. The negotiation of Armenia's government
with the telecommunications monopolist of Armenia - the company
"ArmenTel" on the occasion of introduction of the system of per
minute fee for the intracity telephone talks will be continued. The
minister of Transport and COmmunication of Armenia Andranik Manukian
informed by the Public TV of Armenia.
We shall remind that the company intended to introduce the per minute
fee as far back as in Sept of last year, however after the proposal
of Armenia's justice minister David Haroutunian on conducting 60-days
negotiations for this problem, the introduction of the per minute
system was delayed.
According to Manukian, the subscribers of Armenia's telecommunication
should not worry, the negotiations are proceeding rather effectively.
At the same time the minister refused to inform the results of the
first phase of the negotiating process.
USAID-RESTORED SPORT COMPLEX TO OPEN BY GIUMRI-YEREVAN HIGHWAY JAN 22
JANUARY 19. A sport complex, restored on funds of USAID will be opened by the Giumri-Yerevan highway Jan 22, the US Embassy in Armenia told ARMINFO. Deputy Director of the USAID Europe and Eurasia Department Kent Hilly and Head of the USAID Yerevan office Kit Siemens (names as given) will take part in the opening ceremony. The sport complex was restored under the "Public works" program financed by USAID. The ceremony participants will visit an area where houses for 4,000 families from the disaster area are built under the "Housing certificates" program. This program is included in the Complex Rehabilitation Program of the disaster area financed by the Armenian government and USAID. ARMECONOMBANK, ARMENIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AND "HSBC ARMENIA" BANK DECLARED GOVERNMENT'S BEST AGENTS ON STATE INTERNAL DEBT MANAGEMENT IN 2001, "INECO" AND AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE BANK OF ARMENIA BEST DEALERS IN STB MARKET
JANUARY 19. The Armeconombank, Armenian Development
Bank and "HSBC Armenia" bank are recognized the Government's best
agents on the state internal debt management in 2001, and the
Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia (ACBA) and the "INECO" bank
were announced the best dealers in the STB market. The Council of
the Armenian Central Bank made this estimations at its yesterday's
session with the participation of the State Internal and Foreign Debt
Management Department of the Treasury of the Armenian Ministry of
Finance and Economy.
The bank's participation in primary auctions, turnover in the STB
secondary market, the level of efficiency of transactions and the
service of clients were taken into account during the contest, Head
of the State Internal and Foreign Debt Managament Department of the
Treasury of the Armenian Ministry of Finance and Economy Arshalouis
Margaryan told ARMINFO.
During the session, managers of the commercial banks were
informed of this estimations. A program of monthly, quarterely and
annual placement of state treasury bonds for 2002 was presented to
them. According to information received by ARMINFO, this year the
ministry intends to issue less STBs than in 2001, at the same time
prolonging bond turnover, to secure 12-15% a.p..
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