Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held working lunch with major Armenian employers and chief executives of key taxpayers to discuss improvement of the investment environment, legislative regulation, tax reforms, the fight against corruption, possibilities for increasing Armenian products’ exports, as well as the protection of local producers’ interests. The entrepreneurs welcomed the government’s economic policy, in particular, the proposed amendments to the Tax...
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had working breakfast in Astana with Atameken Chamber of Commerce member, Chairman of Oil and Gas Industry Committee Abulfazin Daniyar Rustemovich and Mosstone Engineering Company Director David Galstyan. The interlocutors discussed issues related to cooperation prospects in the energy sector. They touched upon the opportunities available on the Armenian market, and the Government’s steps aimed at improving the business environment. The...
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in a meeting of the Collective Security Council (CSC) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, which was attended the CSTO-member states’ leaders: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. The narrow-format meeting of heads of state was followed by an expanded meeting of country delegations. The CSC members discussed international and regional security agenda, issues of cooperation within the CSTO and in the...
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended a ceremony of awarding appreciation letters to volunteers who participated in the organization of the 17th Summit of the International Organization of La Francophonie, which was held in October, 2018 in Yerevan. More than 800 volunteers were presented with letters of appreciation for dedicated work and valuable contribution to the preparations and holding of the 17th Summit of La La Francophonie. Appreciating the work done during the Summit,...
Today, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultation to discuss traffic safety-related structural and institutional changes. Addressing the meeting, Nikol Pashinyan stated, in part, “In general, the recent political changes in Armenia have quite reasonably set new tasks before the Armenian Police. Of course, this transitional period should have been very difficult for the police. Nevertheless, based on the results of our six-month work, we can say that the police, in...
Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today received the Social Democratic Hnchakian Party (SDHP) Central Board delegation, headed by Board Chairman Hambik Sarafian. The meeting discussed issues related to Armenia-Diaspora relations, as well as the ongoing political transformations in Armenia. Appreciating the role played by the Social Democratic Hnchakian Party in preserving the Armenian identity, strengthening cooperation between Armenia and the Diaspora, Nikol Pashinyan expressed hope...