The next signal of not waiting for speedy changes was given through budget draft 2017. It was stated that a rather tough budget will be available, expenditures will be considerably reduced.
“New means should be applied to influence over the presidents, otherwise waiting means a threat for resumption of military operations,” Stanislav Tarasov clarified.
“They learned the lesson, that the state of affairs on the negotiation table and the situation on Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line requires particular attention, high soberness, as different intriguing, adventurous programs may continue formulating, thus, surely, high soberness is necessary not to allow outbreak of incidents on the contact line, moreover, outbreak of military operations and their generation.”
According to Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan’s decision Armen Hayrapetyan was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance.
“We certainly have to remain competitive and consistently raise the productivity of our economy. In my opinion, and the world experience proves it, that it is possible to manage better, more productively even modest resources and reach considerably better results. I believe our society has the same expectations.”