In accordance with the established rules of procedure, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has initiated the hearings of public agencies’ performance reports for 2019. Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan was the first to present his Ministry’s report. Addressing those present, the Prime Minister noted: “In fact, the government was reorganized about a year ago following the relevant legislative amendments. While nothing has changed in the lives of some ministries, several...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, today a regular consultation on the Government’s anti-crisis policy was held in the Office of Government. The meeting discussed the Government’s initiative to provide state support for starting a business from scratch. It will cover new business projects in the field of production and services outside Yerevan. The Investment Support Center shall be responsible for assessing and supporting startups. The initiative was endorsed: it...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, a consultation on the draft medium-term state expenditure program for 2021-2023 was held in the Office of Government. Reference was made to the main macroeconomic indicators and the underlying fiscal framework. The draft program features different development scenarios amid the ongoing crisis. Prime Minister Pashinyan told those responsible to discuss in detail the proposals voiced during the meeting in order to amend it and take follow-up steps...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss ways of promoting strategic development of agriculture. The Central Bank experts presented a draft project of an investment fund to be established in the field of agriculture, including the goals and the steps for introducing development mechanisms. Developed on the basis of best international experience, the project implies setting up an agricultural machinery park following the public-private sector partnership...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultation to discuss ways of promoting state orders for military needs. The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Security Council, the Chief of the Prime Minister’s Staff, as well as representatives from defense and security agencies and the Ministry of High-Tech Industry. “The government program stipulated as a key political vision that the military industry should act as a locomotive for the economy, or more precisely, it...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government decided that the state of emergency, which was declared on March 16 and extended until May 14, should be extended for 30 days up till June 13, 2020, 17:00 local time. According to Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan, some restrictions, for instance, people’s free movement, financial and economic activities can be exercised under specific conditions. The Minister noted that the restrictions...
