YEREVAN. – The Armenian diplomats abroad should not “walk” among elite circles, but rather fight for the markets of exported Armenian goods. This was stated Tuesday by Armenia’s opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party MP Vahan Hovhannisyan, who heads the Party’s list for the upcoming parliamentary elections.

“We are speaking about increasing the minimum wage and budgetary expenditures. If you ask me which measures can secure this, I can say that first and foremost this would be the improvement of the business conditions and bringing the economy out of the shadow,” the ARF representative noted.  

In his words, the growth in domestic production must be accompanied also by the “fight” for foreign markets and the Armenian diplomats’ more active lobbying. 

“In this case, the state must fight in the same way inside the country for the quality of the domestic product,” stated Vahan Hovhannisyan.

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