Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Amber Capital Chief Executive Director Joseph Oughourlian and the Company’s Armenia Office Head Karen Arabian. Amber Capital is the founder of the first Private Equity Investment Fund in Armenia. The official launch of the Fund’s operations is expected this fall, in September-October. The Prime Minister and Amber Capital’s representatives discussed issues related to bilateral cooperation. In particular, they focused on the projects...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended the launch of the construction of a 250 MW combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in Yerevan. The project is implemented by the Italian Renko company with an investment of about USD 250 million. The Italian state-run Cimest and German Siemens companies, as well as international financial organizations are involved in the investment program. The construction is due to be completed within 26 months after the start of construction. The cost of...
A regular Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Prior to discussing the agenda, the Prime Minister referred to the activities envisaged under the government’s mid-term expenditure program as approved at the emergency Cabinet meeting, as well as on issues related to road safety and the reasons behind yesterday’s power system failure in Armenia. Proceeding to the agenda, the meeting approved the government’s legislative initiative on...
The Government held an extraordinary closed-door Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The 2020-2022 program of medium-term public spending of the Republic of Armenia was discussed and approved at the meeting. The “Preliminary version of the draft law of the Republic of Armenia“ On the state budget of the Republic of Armenia for 2020 was approved for discussion of budget programs included in the preliminary version of the draft law of the Republic of...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today held a telephone conversation with President Hassan Rouhani of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The conversation focused on a number of issues of bilateral cooperation. The sides evoked with satisfaction the recent meeting of the Armenian-Iranian intergovernmental commission in Tehran. They highlighted the need for implementing the agreements reached at the commission sitting. The two heads of state discussed the prospects of cooperation between Iran...
RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and European Council President Donald Tusk made statements for media representatives following their talks in the Armenian government. Below is full transcript of their statements: Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan: “Honorable Mr. President, Dear mass media representatives, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to welcome President Tusk to Armenia. Within a relatively short period of time, I had several occasions to...
12.07.2019PM receives Amber Capital representatives
