On January 8, a regular Cabinet meeting was held under the chairmanship of Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia. During the meeting, the Government approved the doctrine of Armenia’s economic and institutional transformation, which sets out the ideological foundations of the new economic paradigm of the "Real Armenia," defining the state as a people-centered system focused on security, resilience, and institutional strengthening. Pashinyan presented the doctrine and stated that it served as a development guideline aimed at reassessing and reinforcing the country’s economic structure and state institutions.

"This is a guideline and an announcement of our intentions," he stated, emphasizing that government strategies should be viewed primarily as declarations of intent and consolidated visions of necessary actions. He stated that the doctrine defines Armenia’s current position, its desired direction, and the adoption of a new economic paradigm, explaining that the need for revision stemmed from both internal factors and changes in the regional and foreign policy environment surrounding the country. Pashinyan emphasized that, for the first time, Armenia was deliberately shaping its economy based on the conditions of stable regional peace, stating that "the doctrine of Armenia's economic and institutional transformation is also conditioned by the new regional and foreign political environment".

He emphasized that peace and its institutionalization remained key priorities and inevitably had to be reflected in economic policy as well. He stated that the doctrine addresses education, artificial intelligence, digitalization, agriculture, energy, and the development of intensive agricultural and energy sectors, emphasizing that all these approaches were based on the principle of the continuity of the state, where governments were changeable but economic policy logic remained stable and predictable. "At the heart of all this is the idea of the permanence of the state," Pashinyan stated, emphasizing that the state interest had to be clearly defined and that economic development constituted the core state interest, without which no other agenda could be effectively pursued.

The Government also approved the 2026–2030 Strategic Program for the Development of Tourism in the Republic of Armenia, aimed at addressing sectoral challenges and coordinating reforms, including legislative measures. The program identifies cultural tourism, gastronomic tourism—covering cuisine, wine, and the Armenian brand—and adventure tourism, including winter tourism, as key priorities, while also envisaging the development of agrotourism, MICE tourism, religious, medical, and resort tourism.