The Government continues discussing its anti-crisis action plan and recommendations for economic recovery. The Cabinet members in attendance proposed tools to help businesses keep their jobs. They specifically suggested implementing social assistance programs for children whose parents have lost their jobs due to the crisis. The Head of Government highlighted the steps to ensure fair redistribution of resources. The Prime Minister instructed those concerned to finalize the programs...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a follow-up meeting on the set of measures aimed at addressing the adverse consequences of the coronavirus. A finalized version of the agriculture support program was presented, based on the results of discussions held yesterday and last week. A number of issues related to agricultural support mechanisms were raised during the meeting. The Prime Minister suggested holding public debates on the project. He noted that the Government will monitor the...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the Government continues discussing the draft program of measures to deal with the adverse consequences of the coronavirus. Today’s meeting focused on activities in the field of agriculture. The discussion was attended by the heads of departments representing the economic bloc of the government, Chairman of NA Standing Committee on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Nature Protection Varazdat Karapetyan,...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the ongoing preparations for the agricultural season. To begin with, the Premier noted that agriculture is becoming one of the most important and exciting sectors, especially amid the coronavirus-related crisis. “This sector has always been interesting, but today it comes to the forefront for several reasons. Firstly, food security is becoming increasingly relevant and important not only in the Republic of...
The Commission for Coordination of Activities to Prevent the Spread of Coronavirus in the Republic of Armenia met today in the Office of Government, Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Prime Minister noted that studies show that the situation with coronavirus can last much longer than originally expected. “In this regard, we need to develop a vision on how we should organize public life in our country. The general logic and strategy should consist in the fact that we...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss emergency economic action conditioned by the coronavirus epidemic. The Prime Minister noted that the government conducts its activities on a daily basis in a format conventionally called operational headquarters or the Office of the Commandant for Emergency Economic Operations. According to Nikol Pashinyan, there are already concrete results, as concrete proposals have already been drawn up, on which public discussions...
