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

10.07.2020

PM addresses Security Council with a message on National Security Strategy

The Security Council of the Republic of Armenia is holding a regular meeting in Yerevan, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The meeting shall approve Armenia’s National Security Strategy, in addition to discussing other security-related issues. In that context, Prime Minister Pashinyan delivered a message, in which he stated: “Honorable National Assembly Speaker, Dear Security Council Members, I think we first of all need to look at our national identity while...

05.07.2020

PM Nikol Pashinyan’s Congratulatory Message on Constitution Day

Dear people, Proud citizens of the Republic of Armenia, Today we are marking Constitution Day in Armenia, and I congratulate all of us on this occasion. However, it is necessary to honestly state that although we all understand the importance of the Constitution in terms of building state institutions, streamlining public and state relations, this holiday implies some half-heartedness and raises specific misgivings. Three times in the history of the Third Republic of Armenia our...

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...