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U.S. AMBASSADOR IS HOPEFUL THAT ARMENIA CAN COMPETE FOR THE MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION ASSISTANCE VERY SOON
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/politics/6621/
Thursday 17 January 2013 17:32
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern
Yerevan/Mediamax/. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern is hopeful
that Armenia can compete for the Millennium Challenge Corporation
assistance very soon.
In his interview to the "Voice of America", he said that the first
priority in bilateral relations would be economy and "we are always
looking for the mutual beneficial economic opportunities, trade,
investments".
He recalled that Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited the
ArmTech conference in San-Francisco during his recent trip to the USA.
"The ArmTech conference was a tremendous opportunity for the US
IT industry to demonstrate with the Armenian IT industry the great
work we are doing together to build this industry in Armenia", John
Heffern said.
In the context of Millennium Challenge Corporation assistance, US
Ambassador said that the program in Armenia is not currently eligible.
The American diplomat explained that each year, countries all over the
world compete for this assistance and the assessment in the thirteen
areas of competency such as health, education, good governance,
fight against corruption, etc is the first step.
"Unfortunately, Armenia came up a bit short in the critical indicator
which is an anti-corruption indicator and didn't quite meet the
threshold, which was necessary to allow Armenia to compete for the
second compact of this Program last year. We are working closely with
the Armenian government, civil society and business to improve the
Armenian governance. We see some progress, for example, in elections
and a number of areas, and we are hopeful that very soon Armenia will
be able to compete for the second compact", Heffern said.
http://www.mediamax.am/en/news/politics/6621/
Thursday 17 January 2013 17:32
U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern
Yerevan/Mediamax/. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern is hopeful
that Armenia can compete for the Millennium Challenge Corporation
assistance very soon.
In his interview to the "Voice of America", he said that the first
priority in bilateral relations would be economy and "we are always
looking for the mutual beneficial economic opportunities, trade,
investments".
He recalled that Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan visited the
ArmTech conference in San-Francisco during his recent trip to the USA.
"The ArmTech conference was a tremendous opportunity for the US
IT industry to demonstrate with the Armenian IT industry the great
work we are doing together to build this industry in Armenia", John
Heffern said.
In the context of Millennium Challenge Corporation assistance, US
Ambassador said that the program in Armenia is not currently eligible.
The American diplomat explained that each year, countries all over the
world compete for this assistance and the assessment in the thirteen
areas of competency such as health, education, good governance,
fight against corruption, etc is the first step.
"Unfortunately, Armenia came up a bit short in the critical indicator
which is an anti-corruption indicator and didn't quite meet the
threshold, which was necessary to allow Armenia to compete for the
second compact of this Program last year. We are working closely with
the Armenian government, civil society and business to improve the
Armenian governance. We see some progress, for example, in elections
and a number of areas, and we are hopeful that very soon Armenia will
be able to compete for the second compact", Heffern said.