Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss ways of promoting strategic development of agriculture. The Central Bank experts presented a draft project of an investment fund to be established in the field of agriculture, including the goals and the steps for introducing development mechanisms. Developed on the basis of best international experience, the project implies setting up an agricultural machinery park following the public-private sector partnership...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultation to discuss ways of promoting state orders for military needs. The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Security Council, the Chief of the Prime Minister’s Staff, as well as representatives from defense and security agencies and the Ministry of High-Tech Industry. “The government program stipulated as a key political vision that the military industry should act as a locomotive for the economy, or more precisely, it...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The Government decided that the state of emergency, which was declared on March 16 and extended until May 14, should be extended for 30 days up till June 13, 2020, 17:00 local time. According to Minister of Justice Rustam Badasyan, some restrictions, for instance, people’s free movement, financial and economic activities can be exercised under specific conditions. The Minister noted that the restrictions...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the possibility of implementing public-private sector partnership-based investment programs. Specific machine-building and services-related projects were presented, which implied several hundred new jobs in the aforementioned areas. The implementation mechanisms were discussed in detail during the exchange of views that followed. . Highlighting the steps aimed at developing and implementing new investment programs,...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the interagency commission on defense reform held its first meeting. In addition, the Commission has the task of increasing the effectiveness of the fight against perverse phenomena in the army. Addressing the meeting, the Prime Minister noted: “Why was it necessary to create such a commission? I have said it several times and now I wish to emphasize that the army and the Armed Forces stand for an undisputed authority in the Republic of...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, another consultation on the Government’s anti-crisis policy was held today in the Office of Government. COVID-19 response efficiency was discussed during the meeting. In this context, the responsible officials dwelt on the efforts aimed at providing targeted assistance to the population. The ongoing economic measures were described as effective as they addressed the areas most affected by the crisis. The proposed support tools were used...
