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YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. Minister of Economic Development and Investments Tigran Khachatryan argues that an “economic revolution” is when everyone has the chance to think, create and work freely.
The minister made the remarks after today’s Cabinet meeting when asked by reporters to elaborate on the 5% economic growth projected in the government’s Action Plan, and to specify what exactly is “revolutionary” about the program.
“This means that participants of the economic life must carry out the economic revolution, the government is one important organizer and participant in this big game and is obliged to act in a way so that there will be no obstructions on the path of businesses realizing their initiatives, and to provide assistance. This is a very important change and it is a revolution,” the minister said.
Addressing criticism on the Action Plan being a repetition of the previous one, he said: “Perhaps you won’t find too many differences in terms of content, but you will indeed find differences of emphases, what matters is what emphases the government is making and what actions it is doing in those directions. Equal competition, free access to markets and freedoms to work aren’t simply words, but also work, and this must be depended, we don’t believe that all issues are solved”.
Speaking about unemployment he said if growth will be at an average of 5% it will enable 17-18 thousand people to have jobs, even if productivity doesn’t increase within the economy.
Khachatryan argues that since the growth will be inclusive, ordinary citizens will 30-35 years later have higher income than today.
Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan