Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today held a consultation to discuss a police reform-related agenda. Reference was also made to the launch of the new patrol service. Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan elaborated on the recruitment procedure, the procurement of vehicles and other equipment, the selection of qualified trainers, etc. He advised that the Police Training Complex will proceed to the training of short-listed applicants as early as in mid-October, 2020 with a view to shaping a...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government made a decision to ensure traffic safety and continuity on the bridge over the Ddmashen regional highway. The reference note says that the recent partial collapse poses serious threats to traffic through the bridge since the non-collapsed section is in emergency condition. Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan noted that the bridge in Ddmashen is of vital...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, today the Government discussed the activities implemented by the Cadastre Committee in 2019 and in the first four months of 2020. Committee Chairman Suren Tovmasyan reported the activities carried out in accordance with the Government’s Program of Activities for 2019-2023. In particular, the concept of an integrated cadastre was developed and presented, and an interagency commission was set up in 2019. A strategic program for establishing an...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today held a video call with Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa. Nikol Pashinyan congratulated Masatsugu Asakawa on his appointment as ADB President and invited him to visit Armenia after the epidemic is over. The Prime Minister noted that ADB is one of Armenia’s reliable partners. Various programs implemented in our country in the fields of transport, energy, urban development, healthcare, education, and the private sector...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultation on the prospects of paving the streets of rural communities. Opening the discussion, the Prime Minister said: “Dear colleagues, we are here to discuss our actions aimed at building and rehabilitating inter-community roads. This is especially true for those communities that lack roads. Our task is to modernize the environment in rural communities, in general. And here we are facing the following problem: asphalting may be a solution...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, discussions on state agencies’ annual performance reports continue in Government. Today, Deputy Head of Armenia’s State Control Service (SCS) Rafael Zakaryan, who is exercising the duties of Acting Head of State Control Service, reported on his agency’s performance for 2019. He noted that the activities carried out in the period under review were based on the priorities specified in the Government Program’s section referred...
