ARMENIA HAS OVERCOME TRANSITIONAL PERIOD AND HAS APPEARED IN NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAGE, KHOSROV HAROUTIUNIAN CONSIDERS

Noyan Tapan
Jan 17 2007

YEREVAN, JANUARY 17, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenia indeed has a high rating of
economic freedom, the data of the report "The Economic Freedom Index
of 2007" publicized lately by the Heritage Foundation organization
correspond to reality.

Khosrov Haroutiunian, Chairman of Christian-Democratic Union of
Armenia, declared this at the January 17 press conference. According to
this report, by the level of economic freedom Armenia is in 32nd place
in the world and in first place in CIS, while Georgia is in 35th place,
Turkey in 83rd place, Azerbaijan in 107th place, Iran in 150th place.

In Kh.Haroutiunian’s words, the organization’s experts estimated
corruption, protectionism, risks of immunity of right of ownership
rather low in Armenia. As he affirmed, the estimation of abilities
of organization of entrepreneurial activity, state’s comparatively
"modest participation" in public life, in particular, in economic
system, presented in the report also does not give rise to doubt.

In Kh.Haroutiunian’s words, the fact that Armenia is in 32nd place
among 161 countries makes clear that the past 15 years did not
pass in vain. He declared that Armenia has already come out of
the "transitional" period and has appeared in a new development
stage. "Today public life requires reforms of second generation from
us," Kh.Haroutiunian said.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress