Armenian PM voices requirements for state apparatus

The newly appointed Armenian prime minister Karen Karapetyan said at a meeting with members of the Public Council that the government has to be a flexible and efficient team.

According to him, this is why he has embarked on structural changes in the government. "Not only names of ministries are being changed. The transformations suggests serious content and targeted functions," ARKA cited him as saying.   Karapetyan noted that the ministry of investment and business support will be the state structure that will discuss the issues raised by business people and help eradicate the existing barriers.   The prime minister also stressed the importance of education and science as a basis for the development of any industry, stressing that the new government will give a new impetus to educational reforms.   Karapetyan said the new government considers the public at large as a partner in solving the problems, adding that the Public Council is one of the channels through which the Cabinet will be building the dialogue with the society.