MINISTER: MAIN TASKS OF GOVERNMENT IN 2010 TO DEVELOP CONCRETE TOOLS TO DIVERSIFY ECONOMY
ARKA
Jan 13, 2010
YEREVAN, January 13. /ARKA/. The main objective of the Government
in 2010 will be to develop specific tools to diversify the economy,
Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsyan said in an interview with ARKA
News Agency.
According to him, it is clear that 2009 was difficult for the business
and led to policy changes in virtually all businesses.
"However, the Armenian business was able to withstand the crisis, and
with the assistance of the Government managed to take the development
of those enterprises that were in the most risky areas and felt the
most serious impact of global economic crisis to the next stage of
development," Yeritsyan said.
According to the Minister, the year was more difficult for the
business because due to the unpredictability in the world it has
become difficult to plan future programs.
However, Yeritsyan said that business even won from this to some
extent, because it started to closely monitor the situation.
In addition, the benefit was the intensification of the Government in
the process of implementing reforms that are necessary for business
development in 2010.
The minister said that the main objective of the Government in 2010
in this context is to develop specific tools to diversify the economy.
At the same time, he added that there are certain challenges for
the Armenian business in terms of the possible opening of the
Armenian-Turkish border.
"In general, the Government provided the necessary sequential steps
for implementing various programs in this direction, but we should
not jump ahead in this matter," Yeritsyan said.