A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Before discussing the agenda items, the Prime Minister touched upon a number of burning issues. The Premier asked Minister of Agriculture Artur Khachatryan about the volume of the hailstorm-caused damage in the provinces. The Minister of Agriculture advised that a specific financial assessment of losses will be carried out next week. Nikol Pashinyan instructed to look into the exact amount of damage with the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Yvonne Chiu, the President of the World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) and Jim Poisant, the Secretary General of WITSA. Issues related to the organization of the World Congress on Information Technologies (WCIT) to be held in Yerevan in 2019 were discussed during the meeting. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of holding the Congress in our country and underscored that the Government of Armenia will do its best to...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the ministries of Transport, Communication and Information Technologies; Justice; Labor and Social Affairs; Healthcare; Emergency Situations; Nature Protection; Agriculture; Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources; Education and Science; Culture; Sport and Youth Affairs; Diaspora; Territorial Administration and Development; Economic Development and Investments; as well as he Ministry of Finance. The Head of Government introduced to their staffs the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan visited the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to introduce newly appointed Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan to the ministry staff. Noting that the diplomatic corps is one of the most developed systems in Armenia, the Prime Minister said it enjoys trust among the citizens. The Premier thanked former Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian for his tenure-long efforts: “In proposing Mr. Mnatsakanyan to the post of Foreign Minister I had the following motivation:...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan introduced to the Government Staff First Deputy Prime Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Deputy Prime Ministers Tigran Avinyan and Mher Grigoryan. The Head of Government complimented the Deputy Prime Ministers for joining the government and wished them every success. “We have to do an important job, and we must justify the hopes of the citizens of the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian people. We should remember that we are here by our people’s...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan who is in the Russian Federation on a working visit attended today a regular session of the Supreme Eurasian Council in Sochi. The event was attended by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbai Zheenbekov, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, as well as President of the Republic of Moldova Igor Dodon in the capacity of observer. Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian...