Karen Karapetyan: Government keen to create such an environment as would allow young people to manifest their skills and participate in the development of the country
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan attended the World Economic Forum’s “Shape Eurasia-2017”conference, which is held under the motto “National Competitiveness: Form Your Advantage.” Welcoming the participants of the conference, the Prime Minister noted with satisfaction that the Global Shapers Center has grown into a well-established entity over the past five years of its operations in Yerevan and has the honor to host the conference participants.... more »
Karen Karapetyan, Sergey Cheryomin discuss cooperation development-related issues
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received today Minister of the Government of Moscow, Head of Moscow Department of Foreign Economic and International Relations Sergey Cheryomin. The interlocutors discussed issues related to the current level and further development of cooperation. Sergey Cheryomin noted that exports from Armenia to Moscow increased by 40% in the first half of 2017, which is a progressive indicator as compared to other countries. He presented the current trends in economic... more »
PM: We boast high commodity turnover with all countries in the Eurasian Economic Union
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan attended today the joint plenary session of the Sixth Armenian-Russian Interregional Conference and Second Eurasian Partnership Forum. Welcoming the participants and the guests, the Prime Minister called the conference agenda extremely important and up-to-date. Drawing the participants’ attention to the opportunities available in Armenia, the Premier stated in part, “Being a member of the Eurasian Economic Union, Armenia can be viewed as a good... more »
Prime Minister receives newly appointed UK Trade Commissioner in Armenia
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received newly appointed UK Trade Commissioner in Armenia, Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom Mark Pritchard. Congratulating Mr. Pritchard on his appointment, the Prime Minister noted that the Government of the Republic of Armenia has great hopes for his activities in terms of developing Armenian-British trade and economic relations. Karen Karapetyan underscored that there is great potential to increase trade turnover between the two countries,... more »
PM Karen Karapetyan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology experts discuss Gyumri town development vision
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received Hashim Sarkis, Dean of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Brent Ryan, City Planning Specialist. The parties focused on their cooperation over the Gyumri town development prospects. The MIT experts said to have arrived at the invitation of the Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in order to get acquainted with the opportunities available in Gyumri and work out innovative... more »
Prime Minister discusses details of Armenian Village program with representatives of international companies
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received today the representatives of four international companies that have applied for the construction of the Armenian Village ethnographic district in Yerevan. The meeting discussed issues related to the development of the district. Reference was made to the details and the vision of the program. In this context, the Premier was told that the developers had already discussed the program in all detail with the Ministry of Culture and the Armenian... more »
PM instructs to comply with Armenia’s international commitment to combat corruption
A Cabinet sitting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan. Prior to the discussion of the agenda, the Prime Minister gave a number of instructions. The Premier’s first instruction called for the fulfillment of Armenia’s international commitments to curb corruption in the country. “We have repeatedly stated our determination to combat corruption. Last year, we initiated and implemented a number of substantive legislative and practical reforms. The... more »
Teachers’ Day Message by Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan
Dear Teachers, I cordially congratulate you on your professional holiday. Your role is invaluable not only as to the transfer of knowledge, but also in terms of upbringing of the rising generations. The value system of tomorrow’s society is predetermined by your work. Educating generations is a complex and responsible mission that calls for endless dedication, which makes a calling of teacher’s profession. Today, we are at an important stage of reforms. Education is the... more »
Karen Karapetyan, Milan Štěch mindful of developing trade and economic relations
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received a delegation led by President of the Senate of Czech Republic Milan Štěch. Welcoming the guests, the Premier noted that the Czech Republic is one of Armenia’s main partners in Europe, and our country is interested in expanding and deepening cooperation in both bilateral and multilateral formats. Karen Karapetyan expressed satisfaction at the current level of the Armenian-Czech political relations. In the context of interaction, he... more »
PM: Armenian-Lithuanian trade and economic cooperation has great development potential
Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan received today a delegation of the Government of Lithuania, consisting of Minister of Economy Mindauñas Sinkevičius, Social Security and Labor Minister Linas Kukuraitis and other government officials. The delegation is in Armenia to attend a meeting of the Armenian-Lithuanian intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation. The Prime Minister stressed that the visit of such a representative delegation testifies to the high level of... more »
