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  • Agreement With KfW On Construction Of Kaps Reservoir In Armenia May

    AGREEMENT WITH KFW ON CONSTRUCTION OF KAPS RESERVOIR IN ARMENIA MAY BE SIGNED IN SEPTEMBER

    YEREVAN, June 19. /ARKA/. The loan agreement with German KfW on
    construction of Kaps water reservoir in Armenia may be signed in
    September, the press office of the Armenian government reported
    referring to the premier Hovik Abrahamyan's meeting with the German
    side

    The meeting was attended by the German ambassador to Armenia Reiner
    Morell, general director of Europe and Asia affairs at KfW Roland
    Ziller and the head of German Society of International Cooperation
    (GIZ) Dagmar Bot. The sides discussed cooperation programs between
    Armenia and KfW.

    In general, construction of reservoirs is one of the government
    priorities, and the respective works on four new reservoirs are
    expected to start in the near years.

    The head of the government and Ziller stressed the importance of the
    construction of Armenia-Georgia electric main supported by KfW.

    The premier expressed hopes that the Central Bank of Armenia and KfW
    will develop their cooperation into programs on apartment repairs
    and on small and medium-sized enterprises.

    Issues on energy savings in schools, agriculture and community
    infrastructures have been also discussed, according to the report.

    Implementation of these programs is expected to start after the
    sitting of Armenian-German intergovernmental commission this autumn,
    says the report.

    Armenia's premier Hovik Abrahamyan expressed the importance of further
    development of Armenian-German relations and said this cooperation
    is given special attention on Armenia's foreign policy agenda.

    The government will do its best for expansion of economic and political
    ties between the country, the premier said.

    German KfW bank has been supporting implementation of programs in
    Armenia since 1995. The main fields of cooperation are energy, water
    supply, development of finance and banking and the private sector.

    Funding from KfW exceeded 0.5 billion euros as of October 2013. -0--

    - See more at:
    http://arka.am/en/news/business/agreement_with_kfw_on_construction_of_kaps_reservo ir_in_armenia_may_be_signed_in_september/#sthash.D9zxiFVd.dpuf


    From: Baghdasarian
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