ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Sept 23 2005

AN ARMENIAN DELEGATION AT THE HEAD OF THE RA MINISTER OF FINANCE AND
ECONOMY TO LEAVE FOR WASHINGTON ON SEPTEMBER 24-27

YEREVAN, September 23. /ARKA/. On September 24-27 an Armenian
delegation at the head of the RA Minister of Finance and Economy
Vardan Khachatryan will leave for Washington to participate in the
11th session of the Armenian-American Commission on Economic
Cooperation. The delegation will participate in the annual session of
the WB and IMF, meet the administration of the Millennium Challenges
Corporation, according to the RA Ministry of Finance and Economy
Press Service Department. According to the press release, on Sep
24-25 the delegation will take part in the annual forum of the WB and
IMF, hold meetings with top representatives of these organizations.
In the course of the meeting it’s expected to discuss the programs
implemented in the financial sphere as well as the prospects of
further development. The 11th meeting of the work group of the
Armenia-American Commission on Economic Cooperation will take place
on Sep 26. It’s expected to discuss various issues of bilateral
economic cooperation as well as prospects to ensure higher indicators
of economic growth, investments, improve the business atmosphere,
develop power engineering and infrastructures, and issue related to
tax and customs. On Sep 27 a meeting of the Armenian delegation with
the representatives of Millennium Challenges Corporation will take
place, in the course of which the application submitted by the RA
Government to the Corporation will be discussed.
The official delegation includes the RA President’s Councilor in
economic affairs Vahram Nersisyants, Chairman of CBA Tigran Sargsyan,
Minister of Trade and Economic Development Karen Chshmarityan,
Minister of Agriculture David Lokyan, the RA Ambassador to the USA
Tatul Margaryan. A.H. –0–