NAGORNO-KARABAKH GOVERNMENT TO MAKE MOVES TO SCALE DOWN PRICES FOR BREAD IN REPUBLIC

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Oct 11 2007

The issue referring to scaling down prices for a number of foodstuffs
was discussed today in the course of a meeting at the Nagorno-Karabakh
Republic government.

According to the information DE FACTO received at the NKR government’s
press office today, NKR PM Ara Harutyunian had noted that price
advance recently fixed in the Republic caused the anxiety of the
Republic population and leadership. In Ara Harutyunian’s words,
it should be found out if the process has been caused by the world
tendency or subjective reasons.

As it was mentioned at the meeting, the price for bread went up by 11,
8%, for flour by 34%, for meat food by 3, 5%. Sunflower-seed oil’s
price went up by 47, 6%.

The meeting’s participants stated rice in prices for the
above-mentioned production had been mainly connected with the processes
going on in the world agriculture, in part, in Russia.

Ara Harutyunian noted a kilogram of bread had been up 90 drams as
compared with last year. The NKR PM charged to form a commission to
gauge the situation on various objects.

Ara Harutyunian assured that the government would make moves necessary
to scale down price for the bread.