Pashinyan wants Foreign Ministry to "share responsibility for the future"August 21, 2021 - 14:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, August 21 introduced Ararat Mirzoyan as Armenia's new Foreign Minister and said the country is facing serious security challenges. According to him, Armenia needs a Foreign Ministry and diplomatic service that will be able to take on and share political responsibility for the country's present and future. "Ararat Mirzoyan and [Security Council chief] Armen Grigoryan are members of our political team, and I believe that especially in this period, the public administration system should work as one organism," Pashinyan told the Foreign Ministry staff. "We are facing a pretty serious reform agenda in the public administration system in general. The most important goal of that agenda is to increase the efficiency of the public administration system, to establish a system capable of generating concrete results, determining specific goals and achieving them." Mirzoyan too addressed his new staff, pledging reforms and modernization in order to overcome the challenges facing both the Ministry and the country. Mirzoyan was appointed the Foreign Minister of Armenia on August 19. The post had been vacant since late May, when Ara Aivazian resigned from the position, in the aftermath of the 44-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Up to 10% cashback from GetTransfer with IDBank cards IDBank clients who make their booking on GetTransfer will receive an exclusive cashback. European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24 PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE. Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide. |