Candidate for the PM's post from the Homeland Salvation Front Vazgen Manukyan was hosted on Wednesday at the Presidency of the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia. As the press service at the Academy reported, ways to overcome the ongoing challenges ahead of Armenia were discussed during the meeting with the Presidency members. Among topics discussed were issues related to ensuring the security of the country, the clarification of the Artsakh status, the army rebuilding, the spread of the idea of national values and the increase of education quality. The talks around the Artsakh issue under the auspices of the Minsk Group were touched upon.
In his remarks, Vazgen Manukyan highlighted the need for legitimate change of power.
"The course of Armenia's future path will be set in the first year, which is to build a national, democratic and protected country with own say in the region," Manukyan stressed.
Radik Martirosyan, the President of the National Academy of Sciences, in turn, pointed to the role of science in taking the country out of the current crisis. He attached importance to the state funding and investment in the development of the sciences.
During the meeting, NSS academicians Lenser Aghalovyan, Yuri Suvaryan, Eduard Ghazaryan, Ashot Saghyan and others made remarks.