At a cabinet meeting on Thursday, Nov 6 Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan offered to merge the Ministries of Emergency Situations and Territorial Administration, Panorama.am reported.

Also, Abrahamyan said that a new ministry will be set up to deal with issues related to international economic integration and reforms.

According to PM, the issues above were included on the cabinet meeting agenda. The details will be announced by the Chief of Government Staff - Minister David Harutyunyan. According to earlier reports, that Vache Gabrielyan, a former minister of finance, currenty an advisor to the Prime Minister, will head the new ministry.