We won’t make unfounded statement that National Statistical Service is busy with painting, and just consider that conscientiously, through their methodology, not forging anything, they obtained growth index. However, if economy is being activated by 4.7%, and discontent and negative expectations increase, then 4.7% has nothing to do with the reality.
“Is your question correct? Currently I’m in my position, and I work. What does it mean “where do you see yourself?” I don’t know, as soon as it changes, we’ll decide on it together.”
In the wake of last week’s grassroots Fly-In to Washington, Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Legislative Affairs Director Raffi Karakashian has submitted testimony to key U.S. House and Senate panels supporting the foreign aid priorities of the Congressional Armenian Caucus and outlining the Armenian American community’s specific appropriations requests for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017, reports ANCA.
The point is, not being an oil exporting country, Armenia is the one dependent from oil. We are deeply dependent form Russia’s economy through money transfers by working migrants. Truly enough, due to decrease in money transfers, the ratio of transfers/GDP has slightly gone down—15%, however, it’s a bothering indicator as well. Regarding dependency from transfers, among CIS member countries, Armenia, perhaps, is back from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
t’s anticipated that in mid-term perspective a range of new powers will be initiated through application of new and clean (“green”) technologies in energy system, including solar energy as well, which will considerably ease burden of current productive powers, by decreasing dependency from imported hydrocarbon fuels, by which Armenia’s economy will be diversified, from the perspective of provision of alternative ways of power supply (import and/or production) and degree of energy independence will rise.
“Regarding that issue the population should direct its discontent to Armenia’s authorities, and they need to clarify how the price increases after passing the border. This is a problem, and I’m also interested, how and under which factors the price changes so much. However, I consider, negotiations on gas will have positive implications for Armenia, as gas price will more decrease for Armenia, conditioned by prices for oil. Upon my calculations, this fall will comprise about 15-20% on account of fall in price for oil,” Simonov said. In his conviction, the issue was covered during Sargsyan-Putin meeting as well.
“Armenia-Georgia-Russia-Iran meeting has been launched in December 2015. A meeting of the four ministers is anticipated in Georgia in the period of April 11-13, which will finally clarify it. Again rather active operations are on in more active engagement of Armenia’s territory, energy in all regional issues,” the Minister said.
According to A.Yeghiazaryan, a range of issues have been revealed in regulations, unnecessary documentation claims and grounds for denial, demand for submitting a report, and they propose to allocate individual and common permits for a 5-year term, and the term of contract for the transfer of controlled items and controlled non-material value, in case of less than 5 years, upon the term enshrined in the contract, to define 1 year for activity for single permits, and fee state defined for allocation of individual and common permits, by 30-fold of the basic duty and etc.
“The issue has been covered during the meeting of Armenia’s and Russia’s presidents, and at the moment, Ministries negotiate over gas price with Gazprom Armenia Company,” H.Abrahamyan said.
According to him, employees of the Ministry, the Plant and Yerevan TPP will be included in the group headed by L.Shahverdyan, Yolyan’s Deputy Minister. The working group, after studying Nairit Plant condition, in short terms should submit proposals of necessary initiatives on further exploitation of the Plant.
