Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received Jean-Louis Atangana Amougou, Director of the Office of Secretary-General of International Organization of La Francophonie (IOF) and Hervé Ladsous, Special Adviser to IOF Secretary-General. The Premier stressed the importance of holding the 17th summit of La Francophonie in Armenia and noted that well above evidencing our country’s close partnership with the Francophone countries; it also implies great trust in Armenia’s...
Nikol Pashinyan met with representatives of different branches of culture at Aram Khachaturian Philharmonic Concert Hall. Welcoming those present, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of similar events held with cultural figures and noted that meetings like this will be held on a regular basis. “The recent political events in Armenia, the velvet revolution, had a well-pronounced cultural component. In our view, culture has a key role to play in terms of consistently and...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan traveled to the Defense Ministry Headquarters to introduce newly appointed Chief of General Staff Artak Davtyan to the corps of senior officers of the Armed Forces. To begin with, the Premier thanked ex-Chief of General Staff, Colonel-General Movses Hakobyan for undeniable services rendered to the Motherland and congratulated newly appointed Chief of General Staff, Major-General Artak Davtyan on appointment. Nikol Pashinyan expressed the hope that Movses...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan hosted His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians. The Prime Minister thanked the Catholicos for the visit, noting that the political processes in the country completed in line with the calls of the Armenian Church for peace. His Holiness wished the Prime Minister and his government every success and productive work to the benefit of the country’s wellbeing, for the sake of defying challenges and building on the...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received the delegation of PACE Monitoring Committee co-rapporteurs, headed by Giuseppe Galati. The Prime Minister highlighted the PACE monitoring process and the cooperation with the Council of Europe in terms of strengthening democracy in Armenia. Nikol Pashinyan noted that the recent developments in Armenia took place according to the people’s free will and exclusively by peaceful means. “This means that democracy is already an established...
A Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Before discussing the agenda issues, the Prime Minister came up with the following statement: “I have made a decision and applied to the President of the Republic of Armenia on relieving the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and transfer him to another position. I want to state that the decision was made in an atmosphere of mutual agreement. Today, a new Chief of General...
