NORWAY TO FINANCE PROGRAMS IN SOUTH CAUCASUS

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| 16:41:27 | 30-08-2005 | Official |

In 2005-2007 Norway will allocate $10 million for financing development
programs in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. The programs mostly
cover managerial, energetic and ecological fields.

Today Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian met with Norwegian
State Secretary Kim Traavik.

By the guest’s request the RA FM presented Armenia’s position on a
number of the regional issues including the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement and the Armenia-Turkey relations.