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ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER, WORLD BANK REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR SOUTH CAUCASUS DISCUSS BILATERAL COOPERATION-RELATED AGENDA
/ARKA/
June 2, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, June 2, /ARKA/. Armenian prime minister Tigran Sarkisian
received June 1 World Bank Regional Director for South Caucasus Asad
Alam. The parties have discussed a bilateral cooperation-related
agenda, including the status of Country Partnership Strategy (CPS)
program, the government press office reported.
They referred to those questions discussed at the 2010 September
forum held in Dilijan town with the Bank~Rs support which bore on the
possibilities for boosting investments, exports and economic growth,
as well as addressing poverty in a post-crisis environment.
In turn, Asad Alam said he joined Armenian vice-prime minister Armen
Gevorkian for a recent visit to Syunik province during which he was
able to familiarize himself with the status of World Bank-supported
projects and activities. In particular, visited Goris Medical
Center as overhauled under the World Bank~Rs Healthcare System
Modernization program where he got also a first-hand view of the
irrigation infrastructures-related projects and the activities of
Meghri customs house.
He next evoked his trip to Tatev monastic complex where he got
acquainted with the status of the road leading to Satani Kamurj from
Halidzor which has been rehabilitated with the World Bank~Rs support.
The interlocutors discussed ways of enhancing efficiency of joint
programs and, in this context, looked at the possibility of getting
technical assistance for some of them.
In conclusion, they discussed the possibility of modernizing the
system of public governance in Armenia through capacity building and
PIU integration with ministry staffs.
/ARKA/
June 2, 2011
YEREVAN
YEREVAN, June 2, /ARKA/. Armenian prime minister Tigran Sarkisian
received June 1 World Bank Regional Director for South Caucasus Asad
Alam. The parties have discussed a bilateral cooperation-related
agenda, including the status of Country Partnership Strategy (CPS)
program, the government press office reported.
They referred to those questions discussed at the 2010 September
forum held in Dilijan town with the Bank~Rs support which bore on the
possibilities for boosting investments, exports and economic growth,
as well as addressing poverty in a post-crisis environment.
In turn, Asad Alam said he joined Armenian vice-prime minister Armen
Gevorkian for a recent visit to Syunik province during which he was
able to familiarize himself with the status of World Bank-supported
projects and activities. In particular, visited Goris Medical
Center as overhauled under the World Bank~Rs Healthcare System
Modernization program where he got also a first-hand view of the
irrigation infrastructures-related projects and the activities of
Meghri customs house.
He next evoked his trip to Tatev monastic complex where he got
acquainted with the status of the road leading to Satani Kamurj from
Halidzor which has been rehabilitated with the World Bank~Rs support.
The interlocutors discussed ways of enhancing efficiency of joint
programs and, in this context, looked at the possibility of getting
technical assistance for some of them.
In conclusion, they discussed the possibility of modernizing the
system of public governance in Armenia through capacity building and
PIU integration with ministry staffs.