Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a video call with President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Odile Renaud-Basso. Congratulating Odile Renaud-Basso on assuming the post of EBRD President, the Prime Minister said: “Armenia highly appreciates the ongoing partnership with the EBRD as evidenced by numerous successful programs implemented in the fields of financial market, SMEs, energy, agriculture and other areas. I would like to highlight the ongoing...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received RF Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov who has arrived in Armenia on a working visit. The Prime Minister welcomed the Prosecutor General’s visit to Yerevan and expressed confidence that it would help develop and strengthen cooperation between the Prosecutor General’s Offices of the two countries. Nikol Pashinyan stressed the importance of close interaction between the respective law enforcement authorities in fighting crime and...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today met with President of the Artsakh Republic Arayik Harutyunyan in the Office of Government. RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan: Mr. President, I am pleased to see you. We have been working hard on a daily basis to reinstate normal life in Artsakh after the 44-day war, and I can state now that we have implemented large-scale projects during this time. We have already launched joint projects worth tens of billions of drams. In this context, I would like...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The government approved a bill “On declaring amnesty for persons who evaded mandatory military or alternative service, training camp or mobilization conscription.” The bill suggests granting amnesty to those individuals liable for military service as privates who turned 27 and to such reserve officers who reached the age of 35 by September 26, 2020, and who were suspected, accused or convicted only...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with several dozen members of the Association of Armenian Lawyers in Moscow. Greeting the audience, the Premier said, “You know that we are going through a very challenging period when there are great concerns and questions. This meeting is especially important for you, I mean for the Armenians in Moscow, Russia and worldwide, to raise questions looking into my eyes and for me to be able to answer your questions.” Nikol Pashinyan first...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in the Russian Federation on a working visit and met with RF President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin. RF President Vladimir Putin: Mr Pashinyan, I am pleased to see you and host you in Moscow again. I am grateful to you for accepting the invitation, because, of course, we have things to talk about in terms of building bilateral relations and, needless to say, we need to discuss the most pressing problem which is normalising the situation in...
