Unemployment rising in Artsakh under blockade
Amid the Azerbaijani-imposed blockade, new business entities suspend their activities in Artsakh and the number of people deprived of income and employment is increasing day by day, Artsakh’s Minister of Social Development and Migration Vahram Arakelyan said on Friday.
"Unemployment depends on several circumstances, including the fact that it is the result of incomplete functioning of the economy. Basically, the ministry has very few resources to provide employment to citizens,” Artsakhpress quoted the minister as saying.
“The only solution are the measures launched by the government to alleviate the socio-economic consequences of the blockade. However, this cannot completely solve the issue of income and sufficient living of these families," Arakelyan said, expressing hope that the situation will not become more extreme.