ArmInfo.The priority areas of the new ministry under the possible name of the Ministry of High-Tech Industry, which will replace the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technologies, will be the sphere of high technologies, digitization, and the military industry.
The head of the department Hakob Arshakyan announced this to journalists on February 8 after a government meeting.According to him, the name of the ministry is preliminary and in the course of discussions the name may be revised.Recall that the formation of the government was completed in Armenia, and 12 ministers were appointed. On February 8, the cabinet approved a five-year program of activities, today the document will be submitted to parliament and approved within 7 days.
After, as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, a draft structural changes will be presented to the legislator, which, as has been repeatedly reported, will reduce the number of ministries from 17 to 12. Five ministries - the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs and the Ministry of Diaspora - will either be restructured or eliminated.