Yerevan, November 13 /Mediamax/. Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian stated in Yerevan today that the “complex international economic processes have direct influence on the situation in our country and oblige to concretize the visions on the place of Armenia in the international economy”.

Mediamax reports that the Prime Minister said this, presenting in the parliament the draft state budget of Armenia for 2008.

“We should get concentrated on the vision of future and not scatter our possibilities in the discussions of the mistakes, which were made in the past”, the Prime Minister stated.

Serzh Sarkisian noted that the Armenian economy is under the influence of complex processes in the world economy - the situation on the secondary mortgage market in the USA, the abrupt decrease of rates, the abrupt decrease of the dollar rate concerning other currencies, the cessation of subsidizing of agriculture by the EU, the unprecedented growth of world prices for fuel and foodstuffs.

Talking about the neighbors of Armenia in the region, the Prime Minister stated that Azerbaijan positions itself as a country of raw materials, “and it is obvious that the oil industry considerably influences all the spheres of the life of the country”.

“Georgia, which has a favorable geographic location, forwards ambitious political and economic development programs”, Serzh Sarkisian stated.

“It is obvious that in present geopolitical and economic realities the main basis for Armenia’s development is the human potential”, the Prime Minister stated, stressing that he implies the human potential of all Armenians around the world.