Pashinyan studies Russian, urges civil servants to expand language skills

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said he is studying Russian at the Public Administration Academy and called on government officials to expand their foreign-language skills.

Pashinyan stressed that civil servants should learn foreign languages and not limit themselves to English.

Meanwhile, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arsen Torosyan proposed taking foreign-language proficiency into account when assessing the performance of civil servants.

By Vafa Guliyeva