PM Takes Note of Culture Ministry’s 2017 Annual Performance and 2018 Action Plan
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan visited the Ministry of Culture to get acquainted with the activities and priorities completed in 2017, as well as the tasks set for 2018. Minister Armen Amiryan reported on the results of the activities carried out in 2017. In particular, he singled out the exposition, entitled “Creation,” which was dedicated to Hovhannes Aivazovsky’s 200th birth anniversary and was held at Armenia’s National Gallery, with a record-breaking... more »
PM Instructs to Clarify Procedure for Terminating Rights to Unused Land
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. Before proceeding to the agenda, the Prime Minister issued a number of instructions. The Prime Minister instructed the Ministers of Agriculture, Territorial Administration and Development, as well as the Head of State Water Management Committee and the Marz Governors to jointly develop and submit to the Government Staff within a month’s time proposals on incentives for the use of irrigated land for... more »
PM Discusses Introduction of Insurance System in Agriculture with International Experts
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received a delegation led by Bernhard Matthias Kiesler, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Republic of Armenia. The delegation consisted of representatives of German Development Bank (KfW), MF Strategy, MicroInsurance Centre and AgroConsulting, and Re and Agroinsurance International (Switzerland) reinsurance organization. Following the tender announced by the KfW Bank, a consortium consisting of the... more »
Karen Karapetyan Receives Turkmen Ambassador to Armenia
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to Armenia Muhametniyaz Mashalov. The interlocutors discussed issues related to the furtherance and expansion of the Armenian-Turkmen economic relations, stressing that there is great untapped potential in this sphere. Prime Minister Karapetyan and Ambassador Mashalov touched upon the implementation of the agreements reached between the two governments and expressed confidence that... more »
Prime Minister Receives RF Ambassador to Armenia
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia Ivan Volynkin. Karen Karapetyan and Ivan Volynkin exchanged views on the current agenda of the Armenian-Russian economic relations and the prospects for their expansion. Reference was made to the preparations for the next sitting of the Armenian-Russian Intergovernmental Commission to be held in Yerevan in the near future. The possibilities of... more »
Karen Karapetyan: “We need to expand the geographical coverage of flights and attract budget airlines”
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan held a consultation in the Office of Government, at which he was introduced to the activities and priority tasks carried out by the General Department of Civil Aviation in 2017 and the steps to take in 2018. GDCA Director Sergey Avetisyan reported that all those priority programs and activities specified in the Government Program were completed in the period under review. On December 7, 2017, the concept of Free Route Airspace at the altitude of 9,500... more »
RA Prime Minister, Netherlands Ambassador Discuss Prospects of Cooperation in Agriculture
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received Johannes Douma, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Armenia. Evoking the recent fruitful meeting with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte in Davos, Prime Minister Karapetyan noted that they had discussed the prospects for cooperation in the field of intelligent agriculture, which should cover the dairy and meat processing industry and animal husbandry. The Premier said Armenia could... more »
PM Introduced to Nature Protection Ministry’s 2017 Activities
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan visited the Ministry of Nature Protection to get acquainted with the activities and priorities completed in 2017, as well as the tasks set for 2018. Minister Artsvik Minasyan reported that 21 activities as specified in the 2017 Government Program had been implemented within the prescribed timeframes. 17 of them have already been given a relevant government decision, 4 projects are under discussion. Seven out of nine priority actions have been completed... more »
Karen Karapetyan, Dominique de Buman Discuss Ways of Developing Armenian-Swiss Economic Cooperation
Today, Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan hosted a delegation led by Dominique de Buman, President of the National Council of the Swiss Confederation. Greeting the guests, the Prime Minister highlighted the importance of continued development of inter-parliamentary relations, noting that Armenia is eager to possibly expand bilateral relations in all spheres of mutual interest with Switzerland. “As I stated in Davos, I attach special importance to the steps aimed at strengthening... more »
Karen Karapetyan Briefed on Activities Implemented in State Property Management Sphere
Chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan, a consultation was held today in the Office of Government to discuss the activities and priorities implemented by the State Property Management Department (SPMD) in 2017, and formulate the tasks set for 2018. SPMD Head Arman Sahakyan reported that the proceeds of State property sales rose to 685,745.8 thousand drams, of which 544,051.6 thousand was contributed to the State budget of the Republic of Armenia, with 141 694.2 thousand transferred to... more »
