Budget sequestration does NOT threaten Armenia yetMarch 9, 2009 - 17:17 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - "We manage with the budget and its sequestration does not threaten us yet," said Galoust Sahakyan, a Parliament deputy, head of Armenia's Republican Party faction. As he says, the processes Armenia is undergoing are called a trade liberalization that will eventually lead to the formation of securities market.As mentions the head of the Republican faction which has a parliamentary majority in the NA of RA, "Budget cuts are possible, but I see nothing menacing in it as we can simply do with reducing certain expenses." Sahakyan considers that "the budget must not be liable to political speculations." Although this year as a result of a financial crisis many countries will have a negative economic growth,Galoust Sahakyan says, Armenia will not have a zero performance. Even if it has, it will not be so menacing for the country. By the end of the year Armenia will have an economic growth.As to the financial crisis, it will loosen by fall, he added. ![]() ![]() Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |