YEREVAN. – Armenian PM assured that the ministers are speaking not only about success but failures and neglects, but the experience shows the opponents are not ready to hear that.

His remark came in response to the reporter’s question about increasing poverty rate that reached 30% in 2013 amid ministers’ statements about achievements and success in different areas.

“The problem of poverty is one of the main challenges of our party [ruling Republican Party of Armenia – ed.] and the government. We have failed to create middle class that is the engine of any society. The poverty threshold has reached 20,000 AMD, and no one can live for this money. The number of socially disadvantaged exceeds 32 percent,” he said during the media conference summarizing 2013.

Premier Sargsyan noted that the main task is to solve the problem of unemployment.

“The government is targeted at creation of jobs providing a salary of at least 150,000 AMD. We had the courage to declare that the government bears responsibility for creation of jobs. We have developed an industrial policy together with the private sector.

The second main problem is availability of education. From now on, lack of financial resources must not be an obstacle to getting education,” he said.