MILLENNIUM CHALLENGES CORPORATION SATISFIED WITH ECONOMIC CRITERIA
SUBSTANTIATION PRESENTED IN ARMENIA’S DRAFT PROGRAM

NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. According to the RA Government
Information and PR Department, the RA Prime Minister Andranik
Margarian, who is taking part in the high-level plenary meeting of the
UN General Assembly 60th session, met in New York on September 13 with
the leadership of the Millennium Challenges Corporation (MCC) – the
Acting General Executive Official Charles Setnes and the Corporation’s
Deputy Chairman John Huko.

Issues related to cooperation with MCC were discussed at the
meeting. The MCC delegation noted with satisfaction that the
representatives of the US Congress were positively impressed during
their recent visit to Armenia. Both sides pointed out that the context
of their cooperation with the framework of MCC is acceptable and work
on specifying the mechanisms is currently underway. For this purpose
an Armenian delegation will soon arrive in Washington. The sides
expressed their contentment at the cooperation of the working
groups. MCC was satisfied with the substantiation of the economic
criteria presented in Armenia’s draft program by the Armenian
government.

A. Margarian said that special attention should be given to
agriculture, especially to farms. The MCC representative attached
importance to transparency of the work carried out by the MCC
Administrative Board, which requires that representatives of various
NGOs and the civil society be included in the Board. In this
connection the Armenian Prime Minister noted the RA government is in
favor of transparency and elections to the above mentioned
organizations may be held by a concerted effort of the MCC and
representatives of NGOs and the civil society.