Additional sitting of National Assembly of Armenia will take place today at 6:30pm

ArmInfo. An additional sitting of the National Assembly of Armenia will take place today at 6:30pm. The decision on this was made by a parliamentary vote, without discussion, at the suggestion of Speaker Alen Simonyan.

Within an hour and a half, it is planned to continue discussing the government program for 2021-2026.  To recall, on August 18, the government approved its program of activities for the next 5 years, in which it fixed a number of goals. The program consists of 6 sections: security and foreign policy, economics, infrastructure development, human capital development, law and justice, institutional development. According to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the key political message of the newly formed government is fixed in the preface to the program, according to which the Program of the Government of the Republic of Armenia is based on the electoral program of the Civil Contract party for the parliamentary elections on June 20, 2021, the obligations undertaken before the citizens of Armenia during the election campaign, and the promises they made during the campaign, as well as the Strategy for the Transformation of Armenia until 2050. The Prime Minister explained that according to the program, the main factors of ensuring the security of the Republic of Armenia are the modernization of the Armenian army, the Armenian-Russian strategic alliance, Armenia's membership in the CSTO, the formation of a stable regional environment and the unblocking of regional infrastructures, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship, an initiative and effective foreign policy on all directions, a sustainable system of national security organs, the fight against terrorism and other violent manifestations of extremism, the dictatorship of law and law, increasing resilience to disasters, as well as economic development and social stability.