YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. The National Assembly of Armenia on February 24 ratified three international agreements discussed the day before: - the agreement on the avoidance of double taxation of incomes and property and the prevention of tax evasion between the Republic of Armenia and the Czech Republic signed in Yerevan on July 6, 2008; - the protocol on the joining of Bulgaria and Romania to the agreement on partnership and cooperation signed by the Republic of Armenia on one side and the European communities and their member states on the other side in Brussels on June 27, 2007; - the agreement on financing the 2007 action plan of nuclear safety (part 2) signed by the Armenian government and the Commission of European Communities in Brussels on February 7, 2008 and in Yerevan on July 7, 2008; Under the last of the indicated agreements, Armenia will receive a grant of 7.2 million euros. According to the main speaker, deputy minister of finance Vardan Aramian, most of this grant - 6.4 million euros will be spent on prevention of accidents at the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant, improvement of its gaging equipment and control systems, and 0.8 million euros will be allocated for improving the institutional capacities of the State Nuclear Safety Regulatory Committee adjunct to the Armenian government.

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