“This year was marked by might-have-been governmental forecasts, including the insignificant effect of global crisis on Armenia,” ARFD member Artsvik Minasyan told NEWS.am.

According to him, the achievement in 2009 is perhaps certain sobering up of our society, including the attitude towards the government policy. It developed that the reality differs from what the authorities depict. “As to the forecasts for 2010, I hesitate to make assertions, merely assuming that crisis overcoming will take longer than the government predicts. That is to say, it will happen in the mid or even end of 2012. I presume that next year the recession will go on,” Minasyan maintained.

Asked of Armenian foreign policy’s achievements and neglects, the expert mentioned only shortcomings, as failed find virtues. “The most significant neglect is the development of Armenia-Turkey relations resulted in the Protocols’ signing. Our authorities actually went off the foreign policy course, just as off the domestic. We should strive for having initiative policy of Armenia to emerge in interior first, bettering living conditions of the people, whereas be more balanced and accurate in foreign policy. In essence, this is a wish, not a forecast, as I find difficulty in giving forecasts,” Minasyan outlined.

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