Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Shirak region to get acquainted with the implemented and ongoing programs.

The Prime Minister’s first stop was Kindergarten No. 4 in Artik community. The total cost of the latter’s major renovation program amounted to more than 243 million drams.

Next, Nikol Pashinyan visited the kindergarten built in the Nor Kyanq settlement, which is designed for 100 children. The cost of the program is more than 521 million drams.

The Prime Minister got acquainted with the conditions created in the new kindergarten built in the Bayandur settlement of Akhuryan community. The total cost of the subsidy program is 273 million 801 thousand drams, of which 219 million 041 thousand drams or 80 percent was allocated by the Government. The kindergarten is designed for 50 children.

The Prime Minister also visited the newly built “Zangak” kindergarten in Gyumri, which is designed for 100 children. The total cost of the project was 203 million drams.

In the Akhuryan settlement of the Akhuryan community, Nikol Pashinyan was presented with the reconstruction works of H. Hovsepyan Street. The total cost of the subsidy program is 168 million 891 thousand drams, of which 45 percent or 76 million drams was allocated by the Government. As a result, a 1.7 km long road section was reconstructed.

The Prime Minister was also informed that a multi-purpose road vehicle and 300 wheeled garbage bins were purchased to organize garbage collection in the Akhuryan, Yerazgavors, and Bayandur settlements of the Akhuryan community. The total cost of this subsidy program, launched in 2024, amounted to more than 100 million drams, of which more than 65 million drams were provided by the Government. A motor grader and a mini crane were also purchased within the framework of the subsidy program for the needs of the Akhuryan, Yerazgavors, and Bayandur settlements. The total cost of the program is more than 79 million drams, of which 47 million drams were provided by the Government.

Next, the Prime Minister got acquainted with the construction of the gas pipeline feeding the Karnut, Basen, Hovit, and Jrarat settlements of the Akhuryan community. The total cost of the subsidy program launched in 2024 is more than 227 million drams, of which 125 million drams was allocated by the Government. As a result, a 15-km gas pipeline will be built for 1,041 households.

Nikol Pashinyan also visited the newly built secondary school of Aregnadem. The cost of the construction of the modular school amounted to 739 million drams. The Prime Minister welcomed and congratulated those present on the completion of the school. Nikol Pashinyan emphasized that the program is not only about building a building. “School is not only a place for children to learn, school is also a place to learn for me, because during these visits we learn a lot. These visits give us knowledge about our country, different settlements, different situations, and problems in settlements.”

The Prime Minister emphasized the importance of the proper implementation of school construction programs, as well as the need to provide newly built educational institutions with new property. The Prime Minister referred to the Government's message to children: "We must also formulate precisely why we want our children to study well. We have found that formulation: children, study well so that you can live well, because the response to studying well should be that you live well - as individuals, as a community, as a region, as a state, as a society. After all, the goal of studying is to live well. And what does it mean to live well? Every society, every community, every individual must also be able to formulate for themselves what it means to live well. The government has a leading role and can offer it, but ultimately every person must be able to formulate it for themselves and achieve the good life they have formulated through their work. And there is an option for this: education, the improvement of professional skills. Education is perhaps the only formula that will enable us to find the answers to all the questions that life can put before us.”

Nikol Pashinyan emphasized that we all need the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, and knowledge to answer all questions. “And we are building these schools precisely for that purpose, so that you can formulate questions, difficult questions, complex questions, unexpected questions, but also be able to find, formulate, present, and digest the answers to those questions, and turn those answers into concrete, objective life skills.”

The Prime Minister once again congratulated not only the residents of Aregnadem and the residents of the surrounding villages, but also the Republic of Armenia, because the number of settlements without a school has decreased by one more. Nikol Pashinyan expressed hope that the Government will move at a faster pace towards reducing the number of such settlements. The Prime Minister also thanked all participants in the construction of the school and wished success to the teachers and students.

Prime Minister Pashinyan’s last stop was the “SVET-TEX” garment factory in Gyumri. Within the framework of the investment program, in 2020, by the decision of the Government, the company took advantage of the privilege. The amount of actually implemented investments amounted to 835 million 990 thousand drams. 244 jobs were created within the framework of the investment program. Currently, the company has 705 employees, the average salary is 140,000 AMD. The company produces children's clothing, which is exported to the Russian Federation.