Tigran Avinyan Receives President of Armenian Wounded Heroes Foundation
On May 26, Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan received Razmik Arzumanyan, President of the Armenian Wounded Heroes Foundation. Razmik Arzumanyan briefed the Acting Deputy Prime Minister on the Foundation’s ongoing activities, the scope of assistance rendered to the Armenian army in an effort to improve servicemen’s living conditions, facilitating the provision of first-aid services and making army service safer. Tigran Avinyan thanked Mr. Arzumanyan for years-long... more »
Arsen Torosyan: “The Government will make every effort to hold free, transparent and fair elections”
The Government hosted a meeting with the UN Office in Armenia and representatives of Armenia-accredited foreign diplomatic missions to discuss the preparations for the upcoming early parliamentary elections scheduled for June 20, 2021. According to Arsen Torosyan, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, all available resources will have to be used to hold the elections to the highest possible standards, in order to ensure democracy, transparency and credibility.... more »
Tigran Avinyan Joins Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for a visit to Tsitsernakaberd
On May 12, Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan went to Zvartnots airport to meet Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who had arrived in Armenia on an official visit. Together with Tigran Avinyan, Irakli Garibashvili visited Tsitsernakaberd to pay floral tribute to Armenian Genocide victims. The Georgian Premier watered the spruce he had planted in the Alley of Memory during one of his previous visits.
Mher Grigoryan Receives Newly Appointed Japan Ambassador
Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan today received newly appointed Ambassador of Japan to Armenia Fukushima Masanori. Welcoming the guest, Mher Grigoryan congratulated him on appointment and wished him every success in his new mission. The interlocutors stressed the need to develop trade and economic cooperation against a backdrop of warm relations between Armenia and Japan. The need to intensify contacts between the two peoples and business circles was stressed on both sides.... more »
Tigran Avinyan Attends WB TPQI Program Steering Committee Meeting
On May 12, Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan attended the World Bank Trade Promotion and Quality Infrastructure (TPQI) Credit Program Steering Committee’s remote sitting via video conference. A summary progress report was presented during the meeting. The project seeks to strengthen Armenia’s capacity by providing local companies with quality management services in their export and investment promotion activities.
Mher Grigoryan Vaccinated against COVID-19
Today, on May 4, Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan was vaccinated against COVID-19 with Russian Sputnik V jab.
Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan’s Labor Day Message
Dear compatriots, Congratulations on Labor Day! Work is the basis of civilization, human values, and well-being, without which man and the world mankind has created cannot exist. Therefore, we must make our world prosperous, safe and comfortable through daily work. Achieving this goal is a way to improve, master and create results at work. Innovation, modern technologies, digitization and productive quality instead of self-sustaining quantity should be the basis of our work,... more »
Mher Grigoryan Receives Iranian Ambassador
Acting Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan today received IRI Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia Abbas Badakhshan Zohouri. Welcoming the Ambassador, Mher Grigoryan noted the importance of relations with friendly Iran and the ongoing multifaceted cooperation, stressing that Armenia and Iran have an extended agenda of bilateral relations. Thankful for the reception, the Iranian Ambassador said Armenia is a friendly and brotherly country for Iran, which is pleased to see its many... more »
Tigran Avinyan Attends Innovative Solutions for SDG Implementation in Armenia Program Board Meeting
On April 28, Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan attended the Innovative Solutions for SDG Implementation in Armenia Program Board meeting, which was held via video conference. Addressing the event in his capacity of Board Co-Chairman, the Acting Deputy Prime Minister noted that the Armenia National Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Innovation Lab is the only and first of its kind national center, co-founded by the Government of Armenia and the UN Permanent Mission. The... more »
Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine
On April 28, Acting Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan was vaccinated against the coronavirus with the AstraZeneca vaccine at the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Republic of Armenia. After being vaccinated, Tigran Avinyan urged the public at large not to give in to misinformation and erroneous rumors and consider vaccination as an imperative in the fight against the epidemic. He noted that he had specifically opted for the... more »