The State Must Empower the Individual, and the Individual Must Empower the State: Nikol Pashinyan

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting at the Government with members of the Public Council for the Protection of Children's Rights under the Human Rights Defender.

Human Rights Defender Anahit Manasyan presented the activities of the Public Council aimed at identifying and resolving issues in the field of children's rights protection. In this regard, the Human Rights Defender expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for the meeting and conveyed confidence that many pressing questions for the council members would be discussed, which would also contribute to the resolution of these issues.

Subsequently, Nikol Pashinyan responded to questions from the meeting participants. These questions concerned the protection of children's rights, ensuring accessibility for persons with disabilities, existing issues in the education sector, the progress of the government's "300 Schools, 500 Kindergartens" program, tourism development, air pollution issues, fighting criminal subculture and crime, state-citizen relations, and various other topics.

Summarizing, Prime Minister Pashinyan noted: "In my view, the relationship between the state and the citizen is as follows: the state must empower the individual, and the individual must empower the state. The question arises, how should the state empower the individual? There are three tools for this: the first is education, the second is education, and the third is education. In other words, I am convinced that there is only one way to empower individuals: education."