Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today held a telephone conversation with RF President Vladimir Putin. The parties discussed the implementation of the provisions of the joint Statement of November 9, 2020. In particular, the need for early repatriation of prisoners of war, hostages and other detainees was stressed on both sides. The Armenian side voiced concern over Azerbaijan’s failure to fully comply with the requirements of the relevant clause of the joint statement. Reference...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired an Anticorruption Policy Council meeting, which was held in the Office of Government. The meting discussed a number of agenda items. Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan reported back the results of the activities planned for 2019-2020 and carried out in 2020 as part of the Anticorruption Strategy, as well as the results of monitoring and evaluation. Nearly half of the planned activities were said to have been completed in 2020, 13 activities were...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultation to discuss the situation in the field of motor-taxi transportations. Reference was made to unequal opportunities available in this field, the licensing process, the steps to improve the quality of services provided to citizens. The importance of improving the regulatory framework applicable to regular passenger transportations and taxi services was highlighted at the meeting. During the exchange of views that followed, a number of...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Cabinet amended a previous decision on the need to provide state support for financial leasing of agricultural and food equipment in the Republic of Armenia in order to improve the state leasing support program’s terms and conditions and expand the range of leased equipment. Accordingly, it is proposed to expand the coverage of the program by supplementing it with equipment for breeding snails and...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultation on the 2020 agricultural season’s results and the activities projected for 2021. Deputy Minister of Economy Arman Khojoyan reported that according to data available from the Statistics Committee, GDP grew by 1.4% in the agricultural sector in 2020. 2.3% growth was recorded in crop production and 0.6% growth - in livestock. 228,000 hectares of arable land were cultivated, with some 155,000 plots of irrigated land. Among the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Armenia Fan Yong. Congratulating the Chinese diplomat on the appointment, Nikol Pashinyan wished him fruitful work for the benefit of Armenian-Chinese relations. The Premier was pleased to recall his visit to China in 2019 and the impressive meetings held with the President and the Prime Minister of the People’s...
