The expenditure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the reporting year was 105.7 billion drams, the performance was 97.2 billion drams. In 2025, the Ministry implemented 6 programs and 24 events.
On June 9, the preliminary discussion of the annual report “On the implementation of the RA 2025 state budget” was continued at the joint session of the standing committees of defense and security and financial and budgetary issues.
RA Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan said that 4 programs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were implemented with high performance, the performance of 1 program was in the range of 75-89 percent, and the performance of another program was below 50 percent. The initial plan was to allocate 108 billion 813 million drams, the performance was 105 billion drams. “Compared to the previous year, we have 7 billion 650 million drams more budget and performance,” the minister summed up his speech.
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Armen Mkrtchyan then presented in detail the programs and financial indicators implemented by the Ministry.
According to him, extensive and comprehensive works were carried out in 2025 aimed at the institutional development of the ministry, further strengthening of capacities and increasing the quality of the services provided. The deputy minister presented the works of the ministry in the reporting year, referred to the planned and implemented works in the current year, which were related to the visa liberalization process, biometric passports and other issues.
The deputy minister also referred to road traffic accidents, noting that for the second year in a row it was possible to reduce the number of victims as a result of the above-mentioned accidents? In 2025, the number of victims was reduced by 50 compared to 2024, and by 95 compared to 2023.
In this context, it was noted that the number of registered vehicles has already reached 1 million.
In 2025, according to preliminary calculations, the material damage caused to the state and the community by the cases revealed by the Criminal Police alone amounted to around 25 billion drams. There are initiated proceedings and recovered funds.
The newly formed department for fighting against cybercrimes has identified 4 criminal groups committing computer thefts through fake investment platforms, which engaged in fraud through advertisements in the online domain. 20 criminal proceedings were initiated.
Armen Mkrtchan then answered the MPs’ questions regarding the introduction of a unified camera system, the ease of obtaining RA citizenship, the renunciation of RA citizenship by minor male citizens, the revision of the citizenship institute, the exams for obtaining a driver’s license, the volume of drug trafficking and the fight against it, the need to have car seats in cars, auto-rollers, traffic accidents, etc.
Part of the joint session will be held behind closed doors.
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