Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and RA President Armen Sargsyan met with Armenian businessmen engaged in different sectors of the economy. The meeting was held under the motto “Business Environment and Investments: Challenges and Solutions.” Addressing the meeting, the Acting Prime Minister referred to those economic processes underway in Armenia and the prospects for economic development. In his speech, Nikol Pashinyan stated, in part: “Honorable President of...
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the events dedicated to 190th anniversary of Martuni city during his visit to Gegharkunik Marz of Armenia. Congratulating the residents of Martuni, Nikol Pashinyan noted that Martuni has a reason to be proud because people in Martuni, like all the citizens of the Republic of Armenia, are distinguished by their strong will, diligence, and hard work. “Martuni is also known for the fact that due to difficulties, many people in Martuni...
Honorable National Assembly President, Dear Members of Parliament, We are discussing the 2019 state budget bill of the Republic of Armenia. I have had the opportunity to say that I consider it to be an inertial budget because it is based on the parameters we have as the former government’s legacy. And as the Acting Minister of Finance pointed out in his statement, the effects of the ongoing political discussions and decisions have not been considered in the draft at this stage,...
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who is in Paris on a working visit, today attended the Paris Peace Conference. The Forum is being held within the framework of events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the World War I Ceasefire. The Conference was opened by introductory remarks made by Paris Peace Conference Executive Committee Vice President Trisha Shetty and President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron, followed by speeches delivered on the part of German Chancellor Angela...
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Astana with representatives of the Armenian community in Kazakhstan. In attendance were Armenians not only from Astana, but also from other regions located hundreds of kilometers away from the capital. The meeting was also attended by representatives of the Armenian community of Uzbekistan, led by Reverend Father Hovhannes Grigoryan, the pastor of the Church of St. Philip in Tashkent and the Church of the Holy Virgin in Samarkand. Welcoming the...
Honorable National Assembly President, Dear Members of Parliament, Dear Compatriots, Dear Journalists, First of all, I would like to thank those MPs who have signed my nomination paper. I have already said that this nomination is of formal nature, and for the second time now, we have been holding an election not for electing a prime minister, but for voting against. Under the constitutional procedure, my nomination or the nomination of any other person as prime minister was not...
