News - Nikol Pashinyan, together with a group of citizens, visited Kirants.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, together with a group of about 50 people, visited the village of Kirants in the Tavush region. The visit was reported by the Government's press service. The first stop was at the demarcated section of the state border between Armenia and Azerbaijan at Kirants, where the works carried out were presented. Pashinyan stated that the purpose of today's visit is to demonstrate the security concept guiding the Government of Armenia. He stressed that the country's security cannot be ensured by the army alone; security tools must be diverse, and Kirants' barrier is one of these security tools. This is an additional concept of security provision and our vision of the peace agenda. I can say with confidence that Kirants is one of Armenia's safest villages; he added that despite forecasts that Kirants would become depopulated, currently a 16-million-dram program is financing the construction of 54 new houses. Before the border demarcation, the village had 90 households. Pashinyan has also highlighted the demarcation process from a governance perspective and stressed that one of its key features is knowing your area of responsibility and the scope. Next, the group toured Kirants' newly built primary school named after G. Vardanian, where they learned about the conditions in a school that has been in operation for about a year. For the project, the Government allocated 737 million drams. The school is designed for 100 children and includes a kindergarten for 20 children. Pashinyan and the citizens also visited Kirants' Holy Trinity Church, for the restoration of which 55 million drams were allocated from the state budget. The restoration works are in the final stage. Under confidentiality provisions, the public was also shown the weapons and equipment acquired in recent years, as well as engineering innovations, the press release states.