ArmInfo.Purchases from one supplier, carried out in the state system, account for only 3% of the total volume of state purchases without a tender. This was stated by  Deputy Finance Minister Avag Avanesyan, on October 20 at a meeting of  the parliamentary commission on economic issues, responding to the  remark of the Deputy Chairman of the Commission, MP from the "Civil  Contract" Babken Tunyan that due to the increase in the volume of  purchases from one supplier, the authorities are accused of  corruption.

ArmInfo. The courts will consider complaints about violations during bidding on public  procurements, Deputy Finance Minister Avag Avanesyan said, presenting  the draft amendments to the Procurement Law and related laws at a  meeting of the parliamentary commission on economic issues on October  20.

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ArmInfo. Russia intends to invest over $ 1 billion in the Armenian economy in the near future.

ArmInfo.The proportional development of territories and the development of decentralized interregional cooperation are the priority tasks of the Government of  the Republic of Armenia. Minister of Territorial Development and  Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Gnel Sanosyan stated this  during his speech at the Interregional Armenian-Russian Forum.

ArmInfo.The price of Russian gas for Armenia will be preserved if it is possible to ensure the necessary profitability of the 5th unit of the Hrazdan TPP. Deputy  Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan told reporters on October 19.

ArmInfo.  Minister of Economy of Armenia Vahan  Kerobyan received U.S.  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary  to Armenia Lynne Tracy yesterday. The press service of the department  reports.  It is reported that Deputy Ministers Varos Simonyan, Narek  Teryan, Deputy Ambassador Chip Laitinen, USAID Mission Director for  Armenia John G. Allelo and other officials, also attended the  meeting.

ArmInfo. Armenia and Russia intend to intensify investment cooperation in the industrial sector. At the VIII Interregional Armenian-Russian Forum during the round  table "Potential of industrial clusters: implementation of joint  projects", the parties developed common approaches to attracting  investments. Andrey Shpilenko, Director of the Association for the  Development of Clusters and Technology Parks of Russia, announced  this on the sidelines of the forum.

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ArmInfo. RA Deputy Foreign  Minister Vahe Govorgyan and Secretary General of the International  Energy Charter Secretariat Urban Rusnak during the meeting in Yerevan  discussed issues on the agenda of cooperation between the RA and the  Charter.  As reported by the press service of the RA MFA, the  interlocutors touched upon the process of modernization of the  Charter Treaty.

ArmInfo.The interregional Armenian-Russian  forum has opened in Armenia yesterday, in the framework of which a  business mission of the Russian Export Center (Russian Export Center)  will also take place on October 19-20, with the participation of  about 150 entrepreneurs.

ArmInfo.For 9 months of 2021, Armenia's public debt increased by $ 1.069 billion, reaching $ 9.038.1 billion 973 million. In 2025, Armenia will have to allocate  almost $ 1.4 billion for the repayment of the government debt and  servicing (excluding the debt of the Central Bank of Armenia), formed  at the end of September 2021.

ArmInfo.On 1 October 2021, a two-year project titled "Skillful Youth for Community Development", funded by the HSBC Group and to be implemented by the Orran Benevolent Non-Governmental Organisation, was officially launched. The total budget of the project is USD111,000 of which USD100,200 is donated by the HSBC Group.

ArmInfo.On October 17, 2021 following outage-2021 the ANPP Unit 2 was started and connected to the RA unified power grid, the press service of the ANPP reports.   According to the source, employees of almost all the subdivisions of  the Armenian NPP, as well as about 600 specialists from Russia,  Belarus, Ukraine, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia and other  countries participated in the activities.

ArmInfo.The leadership of the State Revenue Committee (SRC) of Armenia will be sent to the capital of the Russian Federation on October 20-22.

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ArmInfo.The Armenian market is traditionally attractive for Russia. Trade representative of the Russian Federation in Armenia Anna Donchenko stated this during a press conference held on the occasion of the organization of a  diversified business mission of Russian companies to Armenia from  Oct.18 to Oct. 20, 2021.

ArmInfo. The fifth meeting of the Armenian-Czech intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation was held in Yerevan.