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...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received newly appointed National Security Service Director Eduard Martirossian and Chief of Police Arman Sargsyan, who saw their nomination approved by the President of Armenia on March 19. Addressing the officials, the Prime Minister said: “Mr. Sargsyan, I would like to congratulate you on your appointment to the post of Chief of Police of the Republic of Armenia and Mr. Martirossian on his appointment to the post of National Security...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, the Prime Minister referred to the coronavirus problem: “At this critical moment, we must move forward with well-devised steps and decisions: the Republic of Armenia, Artsakh, the Armenian people and society should become even stronger following this crisis. Yesterday we discussed our anti-crisis economic tactics and strategy. The solution is unambiguous: we will not set...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss issues related to the introduction of the new food supply system in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia. The meeting was attended by Minister of Defense David Tonoyan, Deputy Minister of Defense Makar Ghambaryan, Acting State Control Service Director Argisgti Karamyan, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Onik Gasparyan, representatives from GSAF senior staff and those private companies...
An extraordinary Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government approved the draft decision “On declaring state of emergency in the Republic of Armenia.” The decision comes as a response the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the world and in Armenia, the March 13, 2020 declaration by the Head of WHO on the recognition of the spread of this disease as a pandemic. The Government decided to declare a state of emergency in the...
