The vision of a state free of corruption is an absolute priority for the Republic of Armenia.
RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in his address at the ceremonial sitting dedicated to the 5th anniversary of the formation of the Anti-Corruption Committee, congratulating the committee staff on the anniversary and thanking them for the work done.
According to him, the activity of the Anti-Corruption Committee in Armenia is becoming more and more visible, which, however, should not be perceived as a growth in the scale of corruption. “Corruption is classified among latent crimes. Receiving information about its disclosures more often does not mean that the scale of corruption is growing. It is highly likely that it is the principled nature of the approaches to the fight against corruption that is growing,” Pashinyan noted.
According to him, in 2021, in a difficult period for the country, the decision to establish the Anti-Corruption Committee was an important step and attested to the Government’s principled approach in this sphere.
“We are not pretending to fight corruption, we are really fighting corruption, and for us this is a matter of principle,” the prime minister noted, adding that by the results of 2025, the revenues of the RA state budget have grown by 135 percent compared with 2017, more than doubling.
He assured that without the anti-corruption policy it would not have been possible to record such indicators.
“The Government’s priority is the prevention of corruption, and extensive steps are being taken in that direction. At the same time, it is impossible to eliminate the risks of corruption entirely, so the disclosure of cases already recorded, giving them a legal assessment and holding the guilty accountable, is also important,” Pashinyan noted.
