Tigran Sargsyan: each government should seek ways to combat corruptionDecember 9, 2009 - 12:33 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Corruption is one of the most dangerous diseases affecting humanity, Armenian Prime Minister said."The deeper corruption penetrates the sicker the society becomes," Tigran Sargsyan said opening the 6th conference dated to International Anti-Corruption Day marked on December 9. Each government should seek ways to combat corruption, according to him. "Countries which fail to combat corruption will miss the opportunity of competition," the PM said. Today's event was organized by the USAID, OSCE Yerevan Office and the Office of Prosecutor General. It brought together some 100 people, including U.S. Ambassador to RA Marie Yovanovitch, Prosecutor General and other high-ranking officials. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Macron honors Charles Aznavour on 100th anniversary French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to the memory of French-Armenian crooner Charles Aznavour. Erdogan’s approval rating falls below 40 percent: survey A total of 53.4 percent of respondents said they disapprove of the performance of Erdoğan. Blinken says U.S. reviewing a number of aid requests from Armenia He said the U.S. is reviewing the requests to determine what more it can do to increase its assistance to Armenia. At least 2 CSTO members participated in preparing 44-day war against Armenia – PM Nikol Pashinyan has declared that at least two CSTO member countries participated in preparations for the 44-day war against Armenia. |