Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today met with U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne Tracy and Kansas National Guard Commander, Adjutant-General Lee Tafanelli. Appreciating the Armenian-American cooperation in the sphere of defense, the Prime Minister welcomed the General’s visit to Armenia, especially as the 28th Anniversary of the Armenian Army is being marked in our country. Nikol Pashinyan stressed that the Government of Armenia is keen to enhance the level of partnership and...
On the occasion of Armenian Army Day, together with Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II, National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan, members of the National Security Council, the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Yerablur Military Pantheon to pay tribute to Armenian heroes who sacrificed their lives for the sake of Homeland’s independence. Prime Minister Pashinyan laid flowers at...
Accompanied his spouse Anna Hakobyan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended a theatrical performance, entitled “Wedding in the Rear” at the State Musical Comedy Theater after Hakob Paronyan The performance was also attended by Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II, National Assembly Speaker Ararat Mirzoyan, Minister of Defense David Tonoyan and other dignitaries. Conceived and realized by Gyumri’s Drama Theater, the Wedding in...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the agenda and the concept of reforms in Armenia’s police force. Opening the meeting, Prime Minister Pashinyan said: “In general, the police reform has been on our agenda since the first day of our government, and this is one of the most important issues at the moment. It should be noted that ever since the 2018 non-violent velvet popular revolution in Armenia, the police has lived up to the tasks set...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received a delegations led by Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Stef Blok who is in Armenia on official visit. Welcoming Stef Blok to Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan expressed confidence that his visit may impart fresh impetus to the development and expansion of relations between our two countries. Stressing the importance of high-level visits, the Prime Minister advised that he is due to pay an official visit to the Netherlands later this...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government decided to streamline the process of payment of family allowances, welfare benefits and lump-sum assistance in 2020. The decision suggests preserving the amount of benefits available in 2020, inclusive of child allowances by lowering the vulnerability threshold to 28.00 instead of 30.00. In this regard, Prime Minister Pashinyan noted that a lower threshold implies that those households are given...