YEREVAN. – Ruling Republican Party of Armenia MP and businessman Garegin Nushikyan does not agree with the statements that military industry should be developed in the country.

“Can we [i.e. Armenia] produce tanks? Can we produce missiles?,” Nushikyan asked rhetorically, speaking to Armenian News-NEWS.am. “We don’t even have the possibility of military industry, in order to develop [it]. There are very few countries that have military industry and can develop [it]; we don’t have that potential.

“The most important potential that we have is agriculture. If we can at least ensure our domestic consumption, it will be very good; let alone exports. For example, Russia is a big market for us in this respect; it has so much demand that we can export. However, our agriculture is not developed that much.”