Category: 2018

ArmInfo. "President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko voiced only what he said, but did not say what I  said to him in response", Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol  Pashinyan told reporters on December 19th.

According to Pashinyan, immediately upon arrival from St. Petersburg,  where the meeting of the Supreme Economic Council of the EAEU was  held, he told reporters that he had discussed all the issues with  Alexander Lukashenko and was generally satisfied with the answers  received. At the same time, as Pashinyan recalled, he did not want to  reveal the details of the conversation, noting that at the moment  it's incorrect to make public the content of the closed meeting.  "Even today I can confirm that I am satisfied with this conversation  and I don't consider it necessary to continue the discussion of this  conversation.  Perhaps there are people who are not satisfied with  the conversation, but this is a different question," the Acting head  of government stated.

Referring to the statement of the Belarusian leader that Pashinyan  did not raise the issue of arms sales to Azerbaijan before the head  of Russia Vladimir Putin, the Armenian Acting Prime Minister recalled  that after this, Armenian ActingbPrime Minister's spokesman Arman  Yeghoyan denied the statement, stressing that Pashinyan constantly  raised the issue during meetings with Putin sales of Russian weapons  to Azerbaijan. As Nikol Pashinyan said, all the questions raised by  Lukashenka were given exhaustive and very specific answers. "To be  honest, I and the others present had the impression that Lukashenko  was also satisfied with the conversation. What happened next is  unknown to me," he said.

  Earlier, it was reported that on the sidelines of the informal CIS  summit in St. Petersburg, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  demanded an explanation from the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko  that he had discussed the details of the closed meeting of the CSTO  leaders with the Azerbaijani Ambassador that the AR is not a member  of the organization. "Everything that he promised to do was done," -  told reporters. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on December 7  in the city of Gyumri, speaking about the correspondence controversy  with the leader of Belarus over the appointment of a new CSTO  Secretary General. On Wednesday, December 5, Nikol Pashinyan said  that on December 6 in St. Petersburg, he would demand clarification  from Alexander Lukashenko.

To note, after the recall of the CSTO Secretary General Yuri   Khachaturov, the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke   in favor of early termination of the powers of Armenia as the   chairperson of the organization of the country and the transfer of   the post of Secretary General on the rotation order to Belarus.   President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko subsequently discussed the   situation with the ambassador of Azerbaijan, telling him the details   of the closed meeting and supporting the position of Nazarbayev. In   response to this, RA Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that   he would demand explanations from the Belarusian and Kazakh   presidents.Minsk through the press secretary of the Ministry of  Foreign Affairs Anatoly Glaza reproached Pashinyan for violating the  norms of the international protocol. Yerevan responded to this  statement at the level of a deputy from the ruling party, Alain  Simonyan, who stressed that it was not Minsk to teach Pashinyan the  etiquette and rules of international politics, since Minsk itself  constantly violates them.

Meanwhile, after the St. Petersburg meeting, President of Belarus  Alexander Lukashenko, in an interview with journalists, in  particular, stated that Minsk is the fifth arms supplier to  Azerbaijan. "There are countries that sell weapons of Baku on a large  scale, for example, Israel, Russia, Turkey. I told Nikol Pashinyan  why he takes offense at Minsk because of the sale of weapons to  Azerbaijan. Russia sells them on a much larger scale, why he scored  in the mouth, why does not he raise this question before Putin, why  does he not criticize him, or is he afraid? " – Lukashenka said,  adding that during the conversation with Pashinyan, President of  Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was also present there. 

ArmInfo. Acting Prime Minister  Nikol Pashinyan reported on the results of the verification of  information concerning Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan.Recall,  the company engaged in the production of candied fruits, created by  Tigran Avinyan, submitted an application in 2018 and received a grant  of $ 35,000 from the Agricultural Development Fund. Previously. 

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, referring to the information that the  Irigate company established by Tigran Avinyan, to develop the  production of candied fruits, received a grant of $ 35,000 from the  Agricultural Development Fund, said: "I have instructed to study the  case materials and, based on the results of the research, I will make  my conclusions, although I have my explanations for this>.According  to Pashinyan, it turned out that the process of receiving the grant  started back in February 2018 and was completed before Tigran Avinyan  assumed the position of deputy prime minister. "What was required to  prove. The process was completed before taking office, therefore,  Avinian did not in any way affect the decision of the approval of the  grant," said Pashinyan.

Earlier, the Hetq publication in a October 29 publication under the  headline <LLC Vice-Permera received a grant of $ 35,000 for the  development of the production of dried fruits> wrote that the company  founded by Tigran Avinyan received a grant from the Agricultural  Development Fund, already a former director whom – Gegham Gevorkian  was appointed Minister of Agriculture in October. In response, the.  Agriculture Minister Gegham Gevorgyan told reporters that this  process began in February, when Tigran Avinian was not a member of  the government. <He almost went through most of the stages of this  process before being appointed deputy prime minister. And just the  moment of confidential grant provision coincided with his appointment  as Deputy Prime Minister, "said G. Gevorkyan.

ArmInfo. After the revolution, there are no  Armenians of the Diaspora and the RA, there are just Armenians. This  was announced by the acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan  at the meeting with the participants of the NerUzh program in  Dilijan.

According to him, equal conditions are created in Armenia for  all Armenians so that they work and open their own business in their  homeland.  "I want the economic revolution to be accomplished not by  the government, but by the people. We are doing everything possible  to do this, creating all conditions, and not at a declarative level,  but at a practical level, "said Pashinyan, adding that the  possibility of creating venture capital and the programs that emanate  from it is being considered. startups.At the same time, he spoke  against granting the Diaspora Armenians the right to vote during  elections in Armenia. "This is not expedient from both political and  technical points of view. 

For example, if we take Russia, if Armenians of Russia get the right  to vote in elections in Armenia, then more polling stations should be  opened there than in the RA itself, as far as politically expedient  of view, and technically it will be very difficult to control the  whole process, "Pashinyan explained.He also declared a high  possibility of abolishing Mindiaspora. "There is such a probability,  but this does not mean that other departments will not deal with  these issues. Almost all ministries of Armenia have the functions of  working with the Diaspora," Pashinyan said. The acting  prime  minister also stressed the importance of implementing high  technologies, especially in the defense sphere of the republic, which  will allow it to more effectively counter emerging threats.