Armenian PM thinks country already overcome shock of transition

ARMENIAN PM THINKS COUNTRY ALREADY OVERCOME SHOCK OF TRANSITION

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Sept 22 2006

YEREVAN, September 22. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Andranik
Margaryan thinks the country has already overcome the shock of
transition from socialism to free market.

He said Thursday in his interview with Kentron TV that 15 year ago
people were not prepared for that and the transition was very painful
for them.

The premier admitted that ordinary people had lost the social security
they enjoyed once, in soviet epoch. At the same time, he expressed
confidence that all the problems would be solved soon.

Margaryan stressed that the government does and will do whatever
necessary to solve social problems.

"The government’s all credit programs for last four years have been
focused on social situation improvement in the country", he said in
his televised interview. M.V.-0–