On the 32nd anniversary of the anti-Armenian pogroms in Sumgait of February 27-29, 1988, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan joined Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II, Deputy Prime Ministers Tigran Avinyan, Mher Grigoryan and other high-ranking officials to pay tribute to the memory the victims of the Armenian pogroms in Sumgait at the Tsitsernakaberd Memorial. The Premier laid a wreath and flowers at the monument to the victims of the pogroms.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting on the development of the biofuel market in Armenia. Opening the discussion, the Prime Minister said: “We have been working in this direction for a while now and have studied the global experience, or rather the experience of our region. We have fielded fact-finding groups to study the experience of at least one country where biofuel is widely used in households, specifically the method of using it for heating purposes. While...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who is in Armenia on official visit. Welcoming the Georgian Defense Minister and his delegation to Armenia, the Prime Minister stressed the need for continued development of Armenian-Georgian strategic relations. Nikol Pashinyan noted that partnership in the sphere of defense is a key component of bilateral relations and appreciated today’s signing of the cooperation program for 2020 between the...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government first approved Armenia’s business environment improvement program for 2020-2023. The Program will ensure the continuity of reforms implemented by the Government of Armenia aimed at improving the business and investment environment of the Republic of Armenia. It is supposed to alleviate the administrative and financial burden in those sectors where our country may have a competitive edge on...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received a delegation led by Moldova Parliament Speaker Zinaida Greceanîi who has arrived in Armenia on an official visit. The Prime Minister welcomed Mrs. Greceanîi’s visit to Armenia, noting that high-level contacts and visits have recently been reciprocated by the two countries, which come to evidence that Armenia and Moldova are interested in developing and expanding bilateral cooperation in many areas. “I am planning to pay...
Prime Minister NIkol Pashinyan today received Miroslav Lajčák, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. Welcoming Miroslav Lajčák’s visit, the Prime Minister hailed the opening of Slovakia’s embassy in Yerevan on February 24, which will give fresh impetus to bilateral relations. Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia keen to develop cooperation with Slovakia in both bilateral format and on the sidelines of the European Union. The Premier...