  PM Karapetyan instructs minister to work up unified transport network April 20, 2017 - 13:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan on Thursday, April 20 issued several instructions on road construction and a unified transport network in Armenia. Addressing ministers at a cabinet session, Karapetyan assigned the minister of transport, communication and information technologies, Vahan Martirosyan, to assess the technical condition of roads and highways of national and regional importance. Also, Karapetyan said, the minister must provide a financial assessment, develop a five-year working plan on priorities and submit proposals to the government. The prime minister instructed provincial governors to provide comprehensive information as well as timetable of passenger flows from all the communities of the country to regional centers and major cities. Besides, Martirosyan is expected to prepare and submit to the government a technical proposal on a unified transport network. Karapetyan said earlier that a unified ticketing system will be introduced in Yerevan, the Armenian capital.   Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18.   Partner news |  Latest news Armenia not going to war over Karabakh, says Pashinyan  Armenia is not preparing to fight a war for Nagorno Karabakh, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview.Azerbaijani President travels to Moscow Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.U.S. welcomes Armenia, Azerbaijan’s border delimitation announcement Blinken said it is an important step towards concluding a durable and dignified peace agreement.Up to 10% cashback from GetTransfer with IDBank cards IDBank clients who make their booking on GetTransfer will receive an exclusive cashback. |
