Yerevan/Mediamax/. Acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has said that the government should "steadily follow through with reducing the number of ministries”.

He stressed that “the objective of this process is not to save funds, but to increase the efficiency of the government and state governance”.

Touching on the Ministry of Diaspora, Pashinyan noted there was “no intention to give it up for good”.

“On the contrary, we want to make the relations and collaboration between the government and Diaspora more productive. We have a certain model and an offer, which we are going to discuss with our compatriots in Diaspora soon,” he said at the government session today.

According to the planned changes, Armenia will have 12 ministries instead of 17.

The Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources is to be included in the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure, which will also manage transport.

In another change, transport will be separated from high technologies with the foundation of the ministry of high technologies and military industry.

The Ministry of Agriculture will be included in the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments.

The ministries of culture and sport are supposed to form parts of the Ministry of Education and Science.

The Ministry of Diaspora is going to cease operating as a separate unit and join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.