Reduction of Government Service Vehicles Has Yet to Reach Expected Numbers: Aghajanyan

The process of reducing government service vehicles in Armenia has not yet been completed. This was stated by the Head of the Prime Minister's Staff, Edward Aghajanyan, in an interview with Sputnik Armenia.

According to him, this process has occurred in two phases. The first phase has been fully completed, while the second phase is still ongoing.

"The first phase was the directive that all state bodies should restrict the use of service vehicles to only leadership bodies. That directive has been implemented without exception by all. However, some substantive issues have arisen, particularly concerning formalities. Yes, the directive has been effectively implemented, and the attached service vehicles have become stand-by. But the percentage reduction we anticipated did not happen," he stated.

Aghajanyan cited the example of reductions in the Prime Minister's Staff, where the number of vehicles has decreased from 55-56 to only 7 currently serving. According to Aghajanyan, this quantity is generally sufficient for organizing the staff's work.

"There are instances where this proves to be insufficient, but such cases are rare, and in those situations, some solution is found," he added.

At the same time, Aghajanyan noted that equivalent reductions of service vehicles have not occurred in other state structures, such as ministries.

The Head of the Prime Minister's Staff assured that the State Control Service has been tasked with studying the number of vehicles in all state bodies, as well as their targeted usage. This study has already been completed, and the results are now being summarized. Aghajanyan promised that the results would be published in the coming days, as soon as they are ready.