Tuesday, March 17 2020 18:50

ArmInfo. A meeting was held in the Government of Armenia under the leadership of the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan to discuss issues related to the new order  of food supplies to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia.

According to the Prime Minister's press service, the meeting was  attended by: Minister of Defense David Tonoyan, Deputy Minister of  Defense Makar Hambaryan, Onik Gasparyan, acting Head of the State  Control Service, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed  Forces, and senior officials of the General Staff of the Armed  Forces, representatives of local private sector organizations  involved in the food supply process and other officials.

Opening the meeting, the Prime Minister pointed out the importance of  holding it now, noting that this program was initially seen as an aid  to the domestic market. "And especially in the current crisis, it is  very important that we can not only effectively continue this  program, but also have answers to all questions," Pashinyan said.

During the meeting, issues related to the introduction of a new order  of food supplies to the Armed Forces were discussed. The results of  the work of the Ministry of Defense, private sector organizations, as  well as the results of studies conducted by the supervisory service  on them are presented. Attention was concentrated on such issues as  the development of effective mechanisms for the complete organization  of the process, the formation of a complete service chain, existing  problems and further steps.

The Prime Minister of Armenia noted that one of the priorities of the  state is to develop an effective supply system of high-quality food  products for the army, and this process should be organized as  transparently as possible, without any abuse. In the context of  further work, Pashinyan instructed to conduct the process through  tenders, so that no one had any doubts about the legality and  transparency of the bidding and there should be a systematic approach  to solving existing problems. At the conclusion of the meeting, he  gave a number of instructions.

To recall, the Armenian government at a meeting on February 21, 2019  approved a pilot program providing for the introduction of a  public-private partnership mechanism in the country's armed forces.  According to the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Republic of  Armenia Makar Hambaryan, until today, the armed forces have been  directly involved in issues related to the procurement, delivery and  processing of food products for the army, which often led to problems  and complaints. Now, while experimentally, a new system of  procurement of goods has been introduced, taking into account all the  existing risks. This, in particular, is about involving private  companies in this process.