YEREVAN. – Lack of employees is observed in various economic industries of Armenia, and there is structural unemployment, PM of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan said during the government session on Thursday.

According to him, the field of informational technologies is suffering most of all and the only obstacle for the rapid developing field is the issue of proper staff. At the same time, the deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Levon Shahbazyan claimed that the Vanadzor Chemical plant cannot start operating due to the lack of 150 employees. The Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan added that the transportation field requires 300 employees with an average monthly salary of $200. The PM claimed that the governors also complain that they cannot hire employees with AMD 5,000 to 7,000 daily salary.

“This is a problem for us, which requires a solution,” PM concluded.