ARMENIA AMONG COUNTRIES WITH HIGH POLITICAL, SECURITY RISKS
ARKA News Agency
Nov 14 2007
Armenia
YEREVAN, November 14. /ARKA/. Armenia is among the countries with
rather high political and security risks, says the Risk Map 2008
published by the Control Risks Group (CRG) (Great Britain).
The Risk Map 2008 indicates potential security-related risks, as well
as political risk, which are expected to influence business management
in various countries. According to the CRG, the countries involved
in the survey showed average, high and extreme political risks.
According to the British experts, political and security risks are
rather high in Russia and Armenia. A similar situation can be observed
in Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.
Belarus is considered a country with a high political risk.
Among the countries with low political risks are Denmark, Finland,
Island, Lichtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Norway, and Andorra.
Foreign investors will feel most confident in those countries.
The Baltic States, as well as a number of European countries, have
shown a rather low level of risks.
The political risk is above the average in 57% of the developed market,
which arouses experts’ concern.
The CRG is one of the world’s leading consulting companies specializing
in the assessment of business management risks.