Рейтинг@Mail.ru
USD
368.08
EUR
419.65
RUB
4.9314
GEL
139.03
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
weather in
Yerevan
+20

Armenian premier: struggle against corruption requires political will of authorities

09.06.2011, 23:42
Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan considers that the first medicine in the struggle with corruption is structural reforms and political will of authorities.
YEREVAN, June 9. /ARKA/. Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan considers that the first medicine in the struggle with corruption is structural reforms and political will of authorities.

“The will is formulated when there is a belief in the truth of implemented programs”, he said during the meeting “A glance to Russia” in Vienna in the frames of World Economic Forum.

For transnational corporations corruption and investment environment are not so dangerous as political prediction of future state.

Investment environment is first of all necessary for economic entities and small and medium businesses. “As without the development of small and medium businesses medium class can not exist, without its development – there will not be civil society”, he said.

In his speech Sargsyan also mentioned a number of issues, particularly the role of the state in pricing policy, experience of establishment innovation center, investment environment and institutional reforms. --0--