Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Gladys Berejiklian, the Premier of the Australian State of New South Wales, who is paying a private visit to Armenia. “We are happy and proud of your activities in Australia. Today, you are one of the most influential Armenian women in the world, and I am pleased to meet you,” Nikol Pashinyan said. The Head of Government expressed the hope that Gladys Berejiklian’s efforts would help wind up relations between Armenia and Australia...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Prime Minister Pashinyan touched upon the situation around Lake Sevan. Environment Minister Eric Grigoryan said that the situation is quite good, and the index of water transparency in Sevan is better than last year: it is 6.5 cm higher. Note that this indicator averaged 2 cm in 2018-2019. So, the indicators are quite good in terms of quality. The Premier asked the Deputy Health Minister whether it was safe to...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received Holy See Apostolic Nuncio to Armenia, Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt. Welcoming Archbishop José Avelino Bettencourt to the Government of Armenia, the Premier praised his considerable efforts toward strengthening relations between Armenia and the Holy See. In Nilol Pashinyan’s words, cooperation between Armenia and the Vatican is underpinned by high-level political dialogue as evidenced by the good dynamics of...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the state of affairs in the field of public procurement and the ongoing reform process. “Why are we specifically interested in the public procurement system? What do we want to do and what results do we want to achieve? We want the public procurement system to be transformed so that it becomes as flexible and mobile as possible, at the same time preserving the principle of fair competition and as far as...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Co-Chair of the Coordination Council of Armenian Organizations of France (CCAF), editor-in-chief of Nouvelles d’Arménie periodical Ara Toranian. Greeting the guest, the Prime Minister attached importance to CCAF activities aimed at developing the Armenian-French relationship, as well as coordinating the efforts made by the vibrant Armenian community of France. Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia-Diaspora relations have entered into a new...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called a consultative meeting to discuss the Government’s actions aimed at addressing the 1988 Spitak earthquake’s consequences. Nikol Pashinyan reminded that as held on December 7 last year in Gyumri, the outgoing Cabinet meeting decided to establish a working group to take stock of the problems faced in the disaster zone and determine the scope of work to be done in this direction. “Unfortunately, we know that many people still live in...