Armenian-US working group discuss wide-ranging issues

Mediamax news agency
6 Oct 04

YEREVAN

The ninth session of the US-Armenian Task Force on economic
cooperation took place on 4 October in Washington, the press service
of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told our agency today.

The session discussed issues pertaining to the implementation of a
poverty reduction strategy in Armenia, maintaining a higher rate of
economic growth, an improvement in social conditions, reforms in the
banking sector and the development of power, agriculture and water
systems.

The Armenian delegation included Finance and Economy Minister Vardan
Khachatryan; the presidential aide Vagram Nersisyants; the chairman of
the Central Bank, Tigran Sarkisyan; the chairman of the State
Committee for Water Resources, Andranik Andreasyan; and the Armenian
ambassador to the USA, Aram Kirakosyan.