PRESS RELEASE
HayPost C.J.S.C.
Zara Tonapetyan – PR Coordinator
Address: 22 Saryan, 6th floor, Yerevan 0002
Republic of Armenia
Tel/Fax: +(37410)514-765
Email: [email protected]
Website:
HAYPOST SUBMITS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION TO POSTEUROP
Yerevan, Armenia – October 10, 2007. As part of its objectives of building
HayPost into a world-leading postal and financial service company, Mr.
Nerses Yeritzyan, RA Minister of Trade and Economics, Mr. Hans Boon,
Director General of HayPost, and Mr. Tigran Davtyan (Head of the Armenian
Development Agency) submitted the membership application to PostEurop
President Mr. Bernard Damiens in an official ceremony on October 10, 2007 at
the Armenian Trade Representative Mission in Brussels, Belgium today, as
part of the RA government delegation business trip in Belgium.
PostEurop is the Association of 43 European public postal operators and was
created to optimize postal operations and postal services in Europe, and
foster greater cooperation between its Members. It is working towards
representing the entire European postal industry.
"When HayPost becomes an official national postal representative of
PostEurop, it will have its interests represented by PostEurop by
influencing and following-up on regulatory, social, operational and market
development which have or may have an impact on the European postal Sector,"
declared Hans Boon, Director General of HayPost.
The National Philatelic Exhibition continued with a new program today at the
Citadel Business Center sponsored by HayPost, CJSC. This second philatelic
day of the exhibition was dedicated to the youth and children of Armenia.
HayPost announced the results of the National Letter-Writing Competition
organized jointly by the UPU and UNESCO under the theme of "Write a letter
to someone to tell them why the world needs tolerance", the winner of which
was 14-years-old Mkhitar Rapyan from Gavar, Gegharkunik. Young Mkhitar’s
letter will be included in the international UPU letter-writing competition
in Berne, Switzerland in 2008. Also today HayPost showcased the Sparrow
stamp which will be put into circulation in the coming weeks, the author of
which is 8-year-old Eva Karapetyan.
For additional information related to HayPost and its philatelic products,
please contact Zara Tonapetyan, HayPost Communications Coordinator, at (374
10) 514-765, or electronically at [email protected], or visit our
web site at
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"HayPost" CJSC is the national postal operator of the Republic of Armenia
operating through its 900 post offices throughout Armenia. Today HayPost is
undergoing a number of organizational and operational changes with the
purpose to ensure sustainable efficient services and serve its customers
more proficiently.
In compliance with the agreement signed on November 30, 2006 with the
Government of Armenia, the Dutch HayPost Trust Management B.V. is currently
responsible for the operational management of the Armenian national postal
operator with the objective to strengthen HayPost as a viable and credible
postal and financial service entity, meeting all international postal and
bank standards.