There are steps needed to be taken in the customs and tax sectors

23/01/2008

Yesterday RA Prime Minister met with the major businessmen of Armenia. “We are going to implement an active economic policy in 2008 and we are going to invest great efforts to improve the business and investment conditions in the country. We have elaborated a quite ambitious program for us and also defined ambiguous measures to be involved in the list of 10 countries with best business environment within several years,” he said. According to Sargsyan a lot needs to be done in terms of improving the customs and tax sectors. “We don’t have problems with large businesses. Our main issues are connected with medium and small-size businesses, which face difficulties in dealing with state and first of all tax institutions. And we won’t reach any results without joint struggle. I wish that your social responsibility level is increased in 2008. We as a state are willing to implement programs with the private sector and to develop the social tendency. Here we expect your support,” he said.