Pashinyan emphasizes the importance of developing a common economic  roadmap aimed at serving Armenia`s interests

ArmInfo.  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan took part in a business seminar in Dilijan on the topic of "Improving Armenia's economic competitiveness through improving policy and administration".

As reported by the press service of the Prime Minister, the workshop  in the government-business community format was organized at the  initiative of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with the aim of  identifying problems in economic activity and the investment  environment through broad, open and effective discussions,  identifying new development opportunities, increasing governance  efficiency, and clarifying reform priorities for joint  decision-making.

In his welcoming speech, Prime Minister Pashinyan thanked the  representatives of the business community, experts and officials  representing various sectors of the economy for their participation  and active involvement in the workshop. In his speech, the Prime  Minister touched upon the priorities of Armenia's economic  development and current challenges in detail, emphasizing the  importance of continuous, constructive and effective dialogue between  the executive branch and the private sector. According to the Prime  Minister, such large-scale events are important for forming common  understandings of how the Government and the private sector can most  effectively serve the Republic of Armenia, ensuring sustainable  economic growth. "Economic development and the results arising from  it are what should give us the opportunity or limit our opportunities  to set and solve long-term problems. And in this regard, of course, I  have a very specific expectation from this workshop, it is also  important to understand what kind of atmosphere prevails in the  business environment and what problems there are, how close we are to  solving them, etc.," said Nikol Pashinyan.

The Prime Minister also emphasized the importance of forming an  agenda for upcoming economic activities based on the results of the  workshop, with the logic of working together on it. In this context,  Nikol Pashinyan emphasized the importance of developing a common  economic roadmap aimed at serving the state interest, as well as the  need to form a certain consent and a common understanding around it.   "I would like to thank you again for your willingness to participate  in the discussion and express hope that the discussion will take  place with this very logic. We will come out of this discussion with  much more concrete ideas about our upcoming activities and will  understand to what extent and how the Government's programs are  perceived by the business community, and, of course, charged with the  energy of implementing that agenda and roadmap as effectively as  possible," the Prime Minister noted.

The Prime Minister's speech was followed by panel discussions on the  topics of "Macroeconomic, investment and educational policies as  pillars of economic competitiveness", "Effective administration as a  determining factor of the economic environment", and "Prospects of  government-business community dialogue". During the discussions, the  problems in the sector and the economic opportunities for their  solution were discussed.

During the workshop, the importance of increasing the effectiveness  of the reforms being implemented, the need to improve the  administration of the State Revenue Committee, as well as ensuring  the inclusiveness of decisions made by the executive branch were  discussed. In conclusion, Nikol Pashinyan presented the ideology of  "Real Armenia". 

 Pashinyan also visited Kirants with the participants of the business  workshop. During the visit, the work carried out after the  demarcation, and the infrastructure created in the settlement after  the process, were presented. The participants of the workshop visited  the Kirants primary school, which was built within the framework of  the government program <300 Schools, 500 Kindergartens>, and also got  acquainted with the government-funded restoration works of the 19th  century Holy Trinity Church. The participants of the workshop were  informed that several dozen houses are being built in Kirants within  the framework of the 16 million dram state support program for  housing in bordering rural settlements.