On September 25, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan first attended a reception hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in honor of the heads of country delegations. Then the Prime Minister attended the opening of the General Debate of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly, during which UN Secretary-General António Guterres and U.S. President Donald Trump delivered speeches. Prime Minister Pashinyan is scheduled to hold several bilateral meetings with heads of...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The parties discussed issues related to bilateral relations and the ongoing preparations for the 17th Summit of the International Organization of La Francophonie (ICF) to be held this October in Yerevan. Nikol Pashinyan and Paul Kagame expressed conviction that the Summit will turn a new page in Armenia’s relations with the African nations, including Rwanda, and...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades at the UN headquarters in New York. Nikol Pashinyan attached importance to the development of Armenian-Cypriot friendly relations, noting that he was pleased with the current level of bilateral political cooperation. The Premier deemed it necessary to bolster economic exchanges and increase trade turnover. Nicos Anastasiades spoke warmly about Armenia and the Armenian people and stressed the need for deepening...
On September 24, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the UN headquarters. Prime Minister Pashinyan stressed the importance of closer and stronger cooperation between the Government of Armenia and the United Nations in the protection and promotion of UN-proclaimed values. The Premier emphasized that effective bilateral cooperation may go a long way toward implementing multifaceted reforms in our country and expressed the hope that the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in New York on a working visit. On the evening of September 23, the Prime Minister met with representatives of the Armenian community and U.S.-based Armenian organizations in New York. Nikol Pashinyan thanked them for such a warm welcome, noting that he had already met with many of them in an atmosphere of general enthusiasm in Armenia. “The 27th anniversary of Armenia’s independence was celebrated two days ago. We had not seen such a...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today called at polling station No. 8/16 in Yerevan with his daughter and voted in the election to the Council of Elders of Yerevan. After the vote, answering journalists’ questions, the Prime Minister said, “These elections will be different since the citizens are confident that their vote will not be rigged and stolen. Should there be falsifiers, they will be reported to the police.” In Pashinyan’s words, during this...