YEREVAN. – The Armenian Economic Association 2013 Conference got underway at Yerevan State University. 

Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Sargsyan, Government Chief of Staff-Minister Vache Gabrielyan, Economy Minister Vahram Avanesyan, well-known economists, and students attended the official opening of the event.    

Welcoming the audience, the PM noted that there is a growing interest toward this conference and the scope of its participants is expanding, informs the Government press service.

“We must create an environment at Yerevan State University, so that people will be motivated to conduct research,” Sargsyan said.       

The PM noted that the contemporary world in crisis has created additional difficulties for economists. 

“It is apparent that numerous [economic] patterns are not manifested very often. They are replaced by other patterns, compelling economists to collaborate with the other professions,” the Armenian premier added.

As per Sargsyan, an attempt is made to grasp the new challenges Armenia may face.

“The international comparisons, [and] studies of the patterns manifested in the countries in transition help us better understand our peculiarities and patterns,” Tigran Sargsyan stated.      

Istanbul Armenian Daron Acemoglu, who is considered one of the world’s top ten economists, delivered the first presentation at the three-day conference.