Thursday, November 28 2013 18:19
Chairman of Armenia's Central Bank to attend meeting of the Board of the CIS Interstate Bank in Moscow
ArmInfo. Chairman of Armenia's Central Bank Arthur Javadyan will attend the meeting of the Board of the CIS Interstate Bank to be held in Moscow on Friday.
The press service of Armenia's Central Bank reports that the Board will discuss the results of the Interstate Bank's work in Jan-Sept 2013 as well as questions concerning the bank's budget.
Javadyan will also meet with his Russian counterpart Elvira Nabiullina.
The Interstate Bank is an international banking settlement and credit institution with 100% participation of state capitals of member countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. The Interstate Bank was founded in 1993 by ten CIS countries. The Interstate Bank has its representative offices in the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus and the Kyrgyz Republic. The Interstate Bank has concluded agreements with the Russian Federation, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic, and the Republic of Tajikistan on the terms of presence and on the procedure for and the rules of performing banking operations. The highest management body of the Interstate Bank is the Council of the Bank, consisting of the heads of the central (national) banks and the representatives of the ministries of finance and other governmental authorities of the founder States. The office of Chairman of the Council of the Interstate Bank has been held since April 2013 by Governor, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan Grigoriy Marchenko. The goal of the Interstate Bank's activity consists in facilitation to economic integration and development of the national economies of CIS countries by means of creation of the mechanism of settlements for effecting trans-border payments in national currencies, crediting foreign trade operations of CIS countries in national currencies, and participation in implementation of projects of inter-state significance. The Interstate Bank has direct access to the national payment systems of six countries, namely, the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Tajikistan. The Interstate Bank implements all the arrangements for combating legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime.