YEREVAN. – Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan today received female heads of Armenian communities and members of city councils.

At the meeting, Abrahamyan highly appreciated the role of women in the country’s political, economic and social life, the Government press-service reports. The PM attached importance to the involvement of women in different areas, including local self-government bodies, as well as consistent growth of women’s role. 

“Our steps will be aimed at consistently raising your role and increasing your involvement in our country’s political and economic life so that you can be more active in different areas.  Our support in that issue will be apparent,” Abrahamyan stressed.

Following this, the PM also responded to a number of questions of female heads of Armenian communities and members of city councils, which related to the self-government bodies’ activity,  problems in provinces, activities planned and implemented in that direction, as well as increase of women’s role in local self-government bodies, etc.

The participants exchanged ideas on the issues raised. PM Abrahamyan attached importance to the proportional territorial development, noting that the executive body is making consistent steps in that direction, trying to gradually solve the different problems in provinces through various programs.