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Security issues create new social problems for us: the Chair of the Standing Committee on Labor and Social Affairs Heriknaz Tigranyan said during the meeting with the Counselor of the Embassy of France to Armenia Christophe Katsahian and the Embassy’s Attaché for Political Affairs on May 23.

Heriknaz Tigranyan noted that any social or economic programme or the best reform will not be fully implemented if the issues regarding the security of the country are not resolved. According to her, after the 2020 war and the coronavirus, Armenia had a weaker economy and new beneficiaries of social needs.

“We have a priority task- to ensure the safety and stability of our border communities, to implement a number of programmes aimed at them,” Heriknaz Tigranyan said. She touched upon the housing programme for border settlements until 2024 approved by the Government, presented the completed works.

The Committee Chair presented to the guests the implemented programmes regarding the social sphere, the planned reforms, particularly highlighting the family insecurity assessment system. “The system that exists now transfers poverty from generation to generation, but does not overcome it,” Heriknaz Tigranyan mentioned.

The Committee Chair also attached importance to the employment strategy programme and its directions.

She noted that the demography strategy is being developed, based on which programmes will be implemented to support families with many children.

The Counselor of the Embassy of France to Armenia Christophe Katsahian said that in Armenia, as in many countries, the main issues raised are related to foreign policy, and today they want to get acquainted with the issues concerning the social sphere of our country.

The Embassy’s Attaché for Political Affairs expressed hope that such meetings will be continuous.