PREMIER: ARMENIA MAY HIT 7% ECONOMIC GROWTH TARGET BY END OF YEAR
YERAVAN, December 6. /ARKA/. Armenian government may hit the 7%
economic growth target by the end of the year, Armenian premier Tigran
Sargsyan said at a parliament briefing Wednesday.
On June 18, 2012, Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan set a new 7%
economic growth target for the government, instead of the 4.2%
planned under the budget. Economic growth was 4.6% by the end of 2011.
The official statistical data available prove that the 7% target can
be achieved, the Premier told ARKA Agency.
According to the statistics, a 4.9% economic growth was recorded in
October 2012 against the same period of the year before. -0-
From: A. Papazian