The Government of the Republic of Armenia

Today, the regular Cabinet meeting took place, chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Mher Grigoryan.

The Government approved the 2025-2030 Strategic Plan for Promoting Exports of the Republic of Armenia and the Action Plan to Ensure Its Implementation. As noted by the Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan, the decision will be of key importance for the implementation of the country's long-term vision for economic development. According to the Minister, the strategy takes steps to form an export structure that ensures sustainable growth, which will be based on high added value, technological progress, quality and increased competitiveness of goods and services. According to the Minister, as a result of the implementation of the program, it is planned to have an increase in local exports by about 1.7 times. In digital terms, in dollar terms, it is 16.9 billion US dollars, where the export of services is projected to reach 10.3, and the export of goods and local exports to 6.6 billion annually. It is planned to spend about 98 billion AMD or more than 250 million USD at today's exchange rate for the implementation of the program,. "We are convinced that the implementation of the strategy will significantly stimulate the sustainable development of exports, contribute to increasing the productivity of the economy, create new jobs, and make Armenia a more reliable and competitive partner in international markets," said the Minister of Economy.

Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan highlighted the importance of the decision and, in that context, emphasized the need for cooperation with the business community to achieve the targets set by the strategy.

The Government approved the draft decree of the President of the Republic of Armenia “On the approval of the Agreement on the Unified Customs Transit System of the Eurasian Economic Union and Third Parties”, signed in Saint Petersburg on December 26, 2024. The Agreement establishes the main principles of the operation of the Unified Customs Transit System of the Union and Third Parties: the use of a unified electronic transit declaration, the application of general security for the fulfillment of the obligation to pay customs duties, taxes, special, anti-dumping, countervailing duties, etc.

As noted by the Chairman of the State Revenue Committee Eduard Hakobyan, the document provides an opportunity for third countries to join the system. The Agreement will apply when goods are transported in transit through the territory of the EAEU and the countries that are parties to the system. “Whereas, currently, during transit, a transit customs declaration is submitted in the territory of each party in the established format, that is, in the EAEU format and in the format of the corresponding country. This unified transit system will allow to submit the customs transit declaration once. That is, entities engaged in foreign trade will encounter this process once, and this will be recognized between the EAEU and the relevant countries," said the SRC Chairman.

The government approved the bills on the "Police Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Procedure" and related laws. With the adoption of the package of bills, disciplinary penalties and incentives for police and rescue service personnel, which are defined in the Law "On Civil Service", will be clarified, and the relations regarding the conduct of service examinations for police and rescue service personnel will be regulated by the law "Police Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Procedure". In addition, with the adoption of the package of bills, the circle of leadership in the Police and Rescue Service who will apply the appropriate types of incentives and disciplinary penalties will be expanded. As a result of the adoption of the package of bills, the transfer of the Information Center, which operates within the Ministry's Police, but performs non-police functions by its nature, to the Ministry will also be ensured.