YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 11, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan announced at the National Assembly that the number of registered employees in Armenia rose above 600 thousand for the 1st time, ARMENPRESS reports Pashinyan announced, answering MP Tigran Urikhanyan's question.

''For the 1st time in the history of Armenia the number of registered employees rose above 600 thousand, and according to the recent data that number reached 604 thousand on July 31. Since May of the last year the number of officially registered employees rose by 63 thousand’’, Pashinyan said, adding that these are the numbers submitted by the employers to the State Revenue Committee.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan