PRIME MINISTER TIGRAN SARKISIAN RECEIVES IMF MISSION

armenpress
June 17

Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian Received today Martha Castello-Branco,
head Of A Visiting Imf Mission, Imf Resident Representative Ninke
Umes and other officials of the IMF Armenia Office.

The IMF mission has arrived in Armenia to discuss the government’s
macro-economic policies and structural reforms. The delegation
presented to the prime minister the IMF’s report on Armenian tax
reforms.

These discussions with IMF will serve as a basis for fresh negotiations
between the government and IMF on new cooperation programs. Today’s
meeting was also attended by a presidential aide on economic issues,
finance and economy ministers, chief of the state taxation service,
chairman of the Central Bank and chairman of the parliament committee
on economic affairs.

According to government public relations department, the IMF mission
head said IMF is encouraged by the reforms which the government wants
to enforce in taxation sector, saying they are in compliance with
IMF principles.

According to IMF officials, the Armenian government tax reform program
is comprehensive aimed to reduce poverty, maintain growth rates and
reduce corruption level. The only remaining thing is to materialize
it having into account some proposals and suggestions present in the
IMF report.

By thanking the IMF for preparing the report Prime Minister Tigran
Sarkisian described it as very interesting saying that it creates a