Armenian premier happy about government’s five-year work

Mediamax news agency
12 May 05

YEREVAN

Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan is delighted with the
government’s five-year work, Mediamax has reported. Markaryan said
this at today’s press conference devoted to his five-year term in
office as Armenian prime minister. The prime minister said that
members of the government, irrespective of their party affiliation,
had demonstrated their abilities of team work.

“In 2000, when I was appointed prime minister, our main task was to
ensure that the budget is fulfilled, but today the government is
assuming ambitious tasks and conducting reforms in the pension and
social security systems,” Markaryan said.

At the same time, the prime minister acknowledged that the fight
against the shadow economy and corruption as well as the resolution of
a number of social problems are far from being resolved.

Speaking about the prospects for the republic’s economic development,
the head of the government expressed his concern about the emigration
of young specialists from Armenia to European countries. The prime
minister noted “the tendencies to lure” young talented specialists,
saying that this situation could turn into a “crisis of specialists”
for Armenia.