Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received a delegation of Index Ventures venture foundation, including founder Nina Achadjian, Mike Volpi and Dominique Vidal, who were involved in Cisco, Amazon, Yahoo and other well-known companies before coming to Index Ventures. The meeting was attended by RA Minister of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies Hakob Arshakyan. During the meeting, the Prime Minister was briefed on the activities carried out by Index Ventures and their plans...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The meeting amended the government decision of May 5, 2011 On Enforcing the RA Law on State Pensions. In particular, as of January 1, 2018, income tax shall be substituted with profit tax in the provisions of the law relating to the pension rights of self-employed persons and notaries. A procedure has been established for granting a pension or paying the unpaid pension to persons disabled due injuries had while...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajčák. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk were in attendance. Welcoming Miroslav Lajčák’s visit, the Prime Minister highlighted the role played by the OSCE in ensuring regional security, respect of human rights and promoting sustainable development. He said Armenia ready to support...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today met with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili who has arrived in Armenia on a two-day official visit. Private talks were held between the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Georgia. Greeting Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said: “Madam President, I am glad to welcome you and your delegation to Armenia. I think we have a historic opportunity to upgrade the relations between our countries....
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Yuliya Lovochkina and Andrej Šircelj, Co-Secretary of the PACE Monitoring Committee Alexis Salanson and Head of the CoE Office in Yerevan Natalia Voutova. Appreciating the PACE Monitoring Process from the perspective of strengthening democracy in Armenia, the Prime Minister stressed the need for close co-operation with the Council of...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan who is paying a working visit to the Republic of Artsakh held private talks with Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan. A number of issues of cooperation between Armenia and Artsakh in various fields were discussed during the meeting. Reference was made to the steps aimed at implementing joint projects of strategic importance in the socio-economic sphere. The private talks were followed by an expanded meeting, which focused on the two Armenian...