Armenia president wants four-million population by 2040May 18, 2017 - 14:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Improvement of Armenia’s demographic indicators must be a key objective in the coming decades, president Serzh Sargsyan said addressing the first session of the 6th Convocation National Assembly. “As a result of a rapid improvement of the demographic situation, at least four million people must be living in Armenia by 2040,” Sargsyan said on Thursday, May 18. According to him, developments in the demographic situation in the last 25 years were conditioned by a number of objective and subjective factors, while the results are extremely disturbing and unacceptable. Sargsyan said the country needs to stop emigration, boost birth rates and create conditions for repatriation. Read also: Armenia ready for compromise; no unilateral concessions on Karabakh Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. |