A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, the Prime Minister made a statement: “I feel that the so-called period of adaptation is over for our government, and we will have to get down in earnest to implementing large-scale reforms in the near future, which in turn will add momentum to reforms and trigger a new tide of economic and political development in Armenia. I think we need to state the methodology of reforms,...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a consultative meeting on the provision of targeted assistance to farmers. Minister of Agriculture Artur Khachatryan introduced a draft program developed to that effect, which provides for direct assistance to certain categories of farmers. It will be implemented as a pilot program in the autumn-winter season. The Minister said the program shall cover an area of 2,700 hectares, with the amount of State support standing at about 185 million drams. The...
Today, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with the March 1 victims’ relatives. Addressing the guests, Prime Minister Pashinyan stated, in part, “I t has always been on my agenda to have such a meeting during this period: I just wanted to meet you after having specific results in terms of exposing the March 1 case. To my mind, the probe into the March 1 case has progressed considerably over the past few months and, addressing the August 17 rally, I declared that in essence, the...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, a consultation was held in the Office of Government to discuss the ongoing and prospective road construction programs. The Prime Minister noted that the State is responsible for the quality and smooth operations of infrastructures. “Unfortunately, the quality of infrastructures still falls short of perfection, but we also understand that we need to make the most efficient efforts to get things right in this field. It is crucial for us to...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received MEP, Foreign Affairs Committee member Martin Sonneborn. Welcoming Mr. Sonneborn, the Prime Minister thanked him for his pro-Armenian activities within the European Parliament, especially as regards the Armenian Genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The meeting next focused on the reforms implemented in Armenia as part of the ongoing democratic processes. With reference to the non-violent velvet revolution, Nikol Pashinyan noted that Armenia is...
Later today, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hosted an official dinner at the Prime Minister’s residence in honor of FRG Chancellor Angela Merkel who is paying an official visit to Armenia. In line with the Protocol, the two heads of government exchanged toasts, touching upon the Armenian-German relations and the prospects for their development. *** Remarks delivered by RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during the official dinner hosted on behalf of German Chancellor Angela...
