Statements and messages of the Prime Minister of RA - Updates - The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

01.07.2020

Congratulatory Message by PM Nikol Pashinyan on Prosecutor’s Day and 102nd Anniversary of the Office of Prosecutor General

Dear prosecution system representatives, Congratulations on Prosecutor’s Day and on the 102nd Anniversary of the Office of Prosecutor General. The social expectations from the prosecutor office are higher than ever today. Through the non-violent, velvet, popular revolution of 2018 our people expressed their strong will to build a country where the rule of law is established, the principle of inevitable punishment for a crime is enforced, and which would wage an effective...

25.06.2020

PM: “Only those political forces that unequivocally support the values of the 2018 Velvet Revolution will be represented in Armenia’s next parliament”

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan delivered concluding remarks following the approval of the 2019 State budget performance report in the National Assembly. “Honorable National Assembly Speaker, Dear Deputy Speakers, Dear Members of Parliament, First of all, let me wish good health to all members of parliament and all our citizens infected with the coronavirus. I will not talk about the budget performance figures for 2019, because I have already talked about it many times,...

18.06.2020

Nikol Pashinyan: “Armenia is committed to further developing partnership with the EU based on shared democratic values”

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took part in the Eastern Partnership Summit’s videoconference, which was attended by European Council President Charles Michel, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, leaders of Eastern Partnership countries: Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova and Azerbaijan, as well as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, other European leaders. The Prime...

15.06.2020

“RA citizens must consider the Constitution as theirs” – PM addresses the Professional Committee on Constitutional Reform

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today chaired a sitting of the Professional Committee on Constitutional Reform, which was held in the Office of Government. The Premier addressed the meeting with opening remarks, in which he stated: “The Constitutional Reform Commission has been operating for a long time, and I must admit that I am one of those people who do not think that the country’s constitutions should be changed frequently. But I must also say that especially in this...

12.06.2020

Speech by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at National Assembly special session, convened to discuss extension of state of emergency

Honorable National Assembly Speaker, Dear Deputy Speakers, Dear National Assembly Members, Dear Compatriots, The government has decided to extend the state of emergency due to the novel coronavirus epidemic for another month. The purpose of this decision is that the causes of the state of emergency announced in March have not yet been eliminated and, unfortunately, the epidemic continues to spread in the Republic of Armenia. To date, we have a total of 15281 confirmed cases, 5639...

05.06.2020

“Budget discipline is the reflection of citizens’ will to have a state” – Statement by RA Prime Minister at the joint sitting of NA Standing Committees

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended online today’s joint session of National Assembly Standing Committees on the 2019 State Budget Performance Report. Nikol Pashinyan made a speech, in which he stated: “Honorable National Assembly Speaker, Deputy Speakers, Chairman of National Assembly Standing Committee on Fiscal and Budgetary Affairs Standing Committees Chairmen, National Assembly Members, Members of Government, We are starting a parliamentary debate on...