Prime Minister Receives Iranian Minister of Justice
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan received Iranian Minister of Justice Mustafa Purmohammadi. Welcoming the Iranian Minister’s visit, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that it will help upgrade bilateral cooperation in the judicial field. Hovik Abrahamyan said relations between the two countries have been on the rise in recent years as promoted by reciprocated high-level official visits. The Premier underscored that Armenia is keen to develop and deepen comprehensive ties of... more »
PM Attends Inauguration of Memorial to April War Heroes
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan attended the inauguration of a monument to those heroes killed in the Four-Day War of early April. Authored by sculptor Vardan Harutyunyan, the monument was installed in Tatul Krpeyan Park of Yerevan on the initiative of the Student Council of the State Economics University and the Youth Foundation of Armenia. Prime Minister Abrahamyan laid flowers at the memorial and the tombs of perished freedom fighters, paying tribute to their memory. more »
Government Provides for More Transparent Procurement Process
A regular Cabinet meeting was held today, chaired by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan. Before proceeding to the agenda of the discussion, the Prime Minister stated as follows, “To reduce corruption risks in the procurement process, I hereby assign the Ministry of Finance to ensure greater transparency at different stages of this process, providing each interested person online access in the website of e-procurements to the contracts signed throughout the procurement process and the... more »
PM Visits Hailstorm-Hit Communities in Armavir Marz
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan visited hailstorm-affected Tandzut, Arevik, Yeghegnut and Artashar communities in Armavir Marz of Armenia. The Premier inspected the plantations getting a first-hand view of the damage caused by the hailstorm. He talked to the farmers taking note of their concerns. Hovik Abrahamyan instructed those concerned to install additional anti-hail stations in Armavir Marz as soon as possible. In response to the farmers’ request, Hovik Abrahamyan promised... more »
PM attends award ceremony for The Use of New Technologies in Engineering program
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan called at Henrik Igityan National AestheticsCenter to attend the award ceremony for “The use of new technologies in engineering” program, which covered all schools in the Republic of Armenia. The Prime Minister got acquainted with the works presented in the final exhibition, handed in diplomas to the directors of 12 award-winning schools, as well as portable computers (notebooks) to their disciples. The directors and students of 12 schools,... more »
PM Receives Grapes Processing Companies’ Chief Executives
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan chaired today a consultative meeting, attended by the heads of the government agencies concerned and chief executives from grapes processing companies. The meeting focused on corporate activities, upcoming programs and ways of enhancing grapes exports. Reference was made to the preparations for this year’s grapes harvest and the existing problems. Hovik Abrahamyan instructed the ministers of economy and agriculture to keep working with individual... more »
Prime Minister Attends “Level Up” International Student Conference
On May 22, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan attended the “Level Up” international student conference, due on May 20-22 in Tsakhkadzor at the initiative of Armenia’s State Economic University Student Council and the Youth Foundation of Armenia. Welcoming the participants, the Premier said to be pleased with the fact that the discussion of local and global economic topics and issues by students has become a tradition. “It is a pleasure to see students from... more »
PM Receives President of Lydian International
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan received a delegation led by Howard Stevenson, President and CEO of Lydian International, which implements the Amulsar project in Armenia. Stressing the importance of such a large-scale foreign investment project in our country, the Premier said it will help develop the mining industry and propel economic growth in Armenia. In Hovik Abrahamyan’s words, the mining industry is the focus of his government which, taking into account the fall in... more »
Rural Capacity Building Program Governing Council Holds Meeting
Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan chaired a meeting of the Governing Council of the “Rural capacity building” program. The Council approved the decision made by the evaluation commission regarding the international competition announced for the reconstruction of community water supply systems and irrigation networks in 31 communities of Aragatsotn, Gegharkunik, Lori, Tavush, Shirak, Syunik and Vayots Dzor and Syunik Marzes of Armenia under the “Infrastructure and rural... more »
Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Meets to Discuss Furtherance of Cooperation between EAEU Member States
Eurasian Intergovernmental Council Meets to Discuss Furtherance of Cooperation between EAEU Member States A regular meeting of the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council was held today. The heads of EAEU-member State governments got photographed prior to the meeting. The meeting started in a narrow format, followed by an enlarged one. Welcoming the participants, Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan said the current stage of development of the Eurasian Economic Union is marked by a... more »
