DUTCH MINISTER ASKS ARMENIA TO GET READY FOR LOW ECONOMIC GROWTH

Trading Markets, CA
June 20 2006

(RTTNews) – Dutch Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm told reporters on
Monday at Yerevan that Armenia must prepare for lower growth rate,
the ARKA news agency said. The minister noted that a growth rate
as high as 40% was a characteristic of countries in the process of
economic rehabilitation.

Meanwhile, the minister was confident that Armenia had the potential
to record high growth rates.