Honorable National Assembly Speaker, Dear Members of Parliament, The My Step parliamentary faction’s leader spoke about the reasons behind today’s special sitting. In fact, yes, we have come together to implement the understandings reached with the leaders of parliamentary factions. Prior to that, discussions were held with the RA President, which resulted in an agreement to hold early parliamentary elections on June 20 this year. Today marks the first stage of the proposed...
Dear people, Proud citizens of the Republic of Armenia, Proud citizens of the Artsakh Republic, Proud Armenians all over the Diaspora, On March 18 this year, following discussions held with the President of Armenia and the leaders of parliamentary factions, I announced my decision to hold early parliamentary elections in the Republic of Armenia on June 20, 2021. According to the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, early parliamentary elections can be held only when the Prime...
Dear compatriots, As for many decades now, today we are commemorating the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide. We pay respect to the 1.5 million martyrs who fell victim to the criminal policies of the Ottoman Empire during World War I. 106 years ago, the first genocide of the 20th century was perpetrated by the Young Turk government in the Ottoman Empire. What happened in those days was described by the great powers as a crime against mankind and human civilization. Millennia...
Dear Colleagues, First of all, I wish to congratulate our Yazidi brothers and sisters on the nice spring holiday and thank them for their efforts aimed at building and developing our common homeland. Happy Yazidi New Year! Honorable National Assembly Speaker, Distinguished Deputy Speakers, Dear members of government and parliament, Dear people, Let me introduce the annual government program performance report for 2020. 2019 was an unprecedented successful year for us, for...
Dear diplomats, I congratulate you on your professional holiday. Your role and your mission are becoming more and more important amid a challenging global environment. Great is your share of responsibility, and the expectations from your work are great, too. Despite the hardships caused by the war, we must be able to get back on our feet, understand the reasons for our failures, and move ahead on the way to achieving our objectives. Our future achievements in the international arena...
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan today convened a rally at Republic Square to commemorate the March 1 victims and outline ways of addressing the internal political situation in Armenia. The rally started to the sounds of Armenia’s national anthem. Nikol Pashinyan delivered a speech at the rally. Below is the transcript of Prime Minister Pashinyan’s remarks. “Dear people, I am asking you to observe a minute of silence in memory of our brothers and sisters killed in...
