YEREVAN. – At Thursday’s Cabinet meeting of the government of Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asked the Cabinet members to thank with applause the country's businessmen and healthcare providers for their work during the current state of emergency in Armenia due to coronavirus.

"[Upper] Lars [checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border] is closed, our border with Iran is closed, everything is closed, but it’s all the same; our businessmen are able to find ways, import food products, and I want to thank all of them," he said, in particular. "If I saw the need to speak from this podium in the case of businessmen, there is no such need in the case of healthcare system workers because that appreciation is widespread and everywhere."