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Naira Badalian

Prompt implementation of investment programs discussed at Armenian Ministry of Economy

Prompt implementation of investment programs discussed at Armenian Ministry of Economy

ArmInfo. Armenian Minister of Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan held a working meeting with the Ministry representatives and heads of the Small and Medium Entrepreneurship Development National Center  (SMEDNC) and SME Investments UCO to coordinate the measures related to implementation of regional investment projects. 

The press office of the Ministry has told ArmInfo that Karayan instructed monitoring the projects earlier discussed at a consultation chaired by the Prime Minister. The heads of SME DNC and SME Investments UCO were instructed to keep in touch with the authors of the investment programs. "It is necessary to gain tangible results in the shortest possible time," he said.

Earlier Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan noted that the Government Staff has reviewed 471 investment programs, 345 of which are considered to realistic. The total investment value of the programs is $2.4 bln, and the Government thinks it possible to implement programs worth $830-850 mln in 2017.


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