Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has chaired a consultation on the progress of the Academic City project, focusing on the work carried out so far and the next stages of implementation. Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan presented updates on the project’s substantive and infrastructure components. According to the minister, work has been carried out to develop a concept for consolidating higher education institutions and assess their needs. Cooperation has also been established with leading international universities on the development of individual clusters within the Academic City project. Decisions have been made regarding the application of the public interest framework, while work on the master plan, the urban development framework and the localization of the master plan has been completed. Andreasyan also presented details on estimated costs and the implementation schedule for the infrastructure required to develop the project. The meeting also addressed issues related to the main stages of the Academic City project’s implementation. Prime Minister Pashinyan stressed that the project must be implemented with clearly defined content and a precise roadmap. He issued relevant instructions to those responsible regarding the next steps.