A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Prior to discussing the agenda issues, the Premier touched on yesterday’s arrest of Urban Development Committee Chairman Vahagn Vermishyan. “Yesterday Urban Development Committee Chairman Vahagn Vermichian was arrested on corruption charges. I mean, it is at the same time sad, offensive, but joyous event on the one hand. It is sad because a public official can reach out for a dirty business under the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the problems faced in the sphere of regular passenger transportations and possible solutions. The meeting participants dwelt on the operations and the problems associated with state and inter-regional transportations due to the poor state of vehicles in use, lack of timetables, irregular routes, inadequate condition in bus stations, etc. During the discussion, various proposals were presented to solve these problems,...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today had a working meeting with President Armen Sarkissian at the Presidential Palace. Emphasizing the importance of traditional, regular meetings, Armen Sarkissian and Nikol Pashinyan discussed issues related to the current agenda of our country. President Armen Sarkissian: “Mr. Prime Minister, I am pleased to host you today. It seems to be our tradition to hold regular meetings in order to discuss the latest developments at home and abroad, as...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today had a telephone conversation with President of the European Council Charles Michel. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia and the President of the European Council discussed issues concerning EU-Armenia relations. The parties declared their readiness to pursue the development of EU-Armenia cooperation, including trade and economic relations. The discussion focused on the agenda of democratic reforms underway in Armenia. The President of the...
Chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the draft strategy for public administration reform was discussed in Government. Opening the meeting, Nikol Pashinyan noted that the public administration reform is very important. “Our goal is to ensure that the citizens of the Republic of Armenia experience as little discomfort as possible in relations with the public administration system. To solve this problem, we must make the public administration system more attractive for highly...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a consultative meeting to discuss the draft law On Non-Cash Transactions. Opening the meeting, the Prime Minister noted: “We have repeatedly stated that we would be consistent in reducing the scope of cash transactions, since this issue is important for us not only in economic terms as a tool for curbing corruption, but also as a matter of civilization. And I want to emphasize once again that the issues that have a component of civilization...
