YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenia ensures equal opportunities for all investors, Minister of Economic Development and Investments of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan told the reporters in Vanadzor that the states ensures level playing field for business by all means and fosters the improvment of the business environment.

'We have set a task to do so that all the rules are simple – equal for all, without any artificial obstacles for business. It's very important that this message reaches the wide range of the society. Our tax rates today are not an obstacle for business, but I want to underline that new changes are expected that will ensure more favorable conditions, particularly, exempting micro business from taxes, decrease of income tax. The implementation of the mentioned measures means that making investments in Armenia will become more attractive', ARMENPRESS reports the minister as saying.He added that the state spares no efforts to ensure level playing field, eliminate corruption, liberalization of the market, administrative simplification.

Tigran Khachatryan highlighted the investment conference ‘My step for Lori', noting that it's a platform where Cabinet members, people with business ideas and those wishing to fund them meet.

'Don't doubt, if there are good ideas and they are realistic, funding will be found. Finances are the most available thing in the world nowadays. There is no problem of money, there is the problem of ideas and initiatives’, the minister said.

Minister Khachatryan informed that 50 business projects are planned to be presented during the conference.

Edited and translated by Tigran Sirekanyan