Indian Government allocated $ 220 thousand for repairing a rural school in LoriMay 19, 2009 - 23:35 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "Hayastan" All Armenian Fund's Executive Director Ara Vardanyan and Indian Ambassador to Armenia Rina Pandey have today signed a cooperation agreement. Under the document signed, the Indian Government will allocate to Armenia $ 400, of which $ 220 thousand will be spent on repairing a school in Artsni village (Lori region).The two countries established cooperation thanks to RA Foreign Ministry and RA Ambassador to India Ashot Kocharyan, the Fund's Press Service reports. I hope this kind of cooperation will be on-going, and there'll be a new sponsor for the Fund's 'Rural Development' program," Mr. Vardanyan said. In her turn, Rina Pandey noted that, "The school in Artsni village was selected by Indian Government which intends to continue cooperation with 'Hayastan' All Armenia Fund. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |