PREMIER: ARMENIA’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM MAY BE REVIEWED

ARKA
Oct 30, 2008

YEREVAN, October 30. /ARKA/. The Sustainable Development Program may
be periodically reviewed, Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan said.

Today the Armenian Government approved the program of Sustainable
Development of Armenia till 2021. It continues the poverty reduction
program that was completed in the country and shifts the emphasis
from poverty reduction to sustainable economic development.It is an
extensive document and many of its provisions may be clarified and
changed in the course of the time, he said at the government meeting.

The Premier said that the government will periodically go back to
the document and make the required amendments taking into account
the new programs and legislative changes.

Sargsyan also expressed his gratitude to local and international
organizations that participated in the development of the program.