Prime-Minister: armenia’s economic growth at 7.2% in 2012

Economy

YEREVAN, February 28. /ARKA/. Armenia’s economic growth stood at 7.2% by the end of 2012, the country’s prime minister Tigran Sargsyan said.

“This means we have completed the task assigned by the president” Sargsyan said at a government meeting Thursday.

The prime-minister mentioned that the 2013 budget envisages a 6.2% GDP growth target and urged the ministers to do their best for achieving it.

Under Armenia’s budget for 2012, the GDP growth was 4.2%. At a special government meeting of June 18, 2012, the president Serzh Sargsyan assigned the cabinet a task to ensure a 7% economic growth in the country.–0–

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