PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS FOR PROPORTIONATE DEVELOPMENT OF ARMENIA’S REGIONS

ARKA
Sep 22, 2008

AKHTALA (Armenia), September 22. /ARKA/. Proportionate development
of Armenia’s regions is one of the government-set priorities, said
Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan.

"Our purpose is to make regions outstrip Yerevan, as it is not a
secret that the continued centralization of funds in Yerevan hobbles
regional development," the premier told Sunday at a press conference.

He stressed the importance of complex programs for regional
development.

"Alongside with economy, we should focus on infrastructures, cultural
and educational institutions," he said. "We should see that secondary
schools in regions are of the same level as those in big cities."

Sargsyan believes the global school network will enhance education
level in Armenia.

"With the help of these complex programs, the regions will become
‘livable’, people having an opportunity to get quality education and
find high-paid jobs in regions," the premier was quoted saying.