USA GRANTS 2M DOLLARS TO ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT REFORMS

Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
Oct 13 2005

Yerevan, 13 October: Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Artur
Bagdasaryan and the head of the Yerevan office of the United States
Agency for International Development (USAID), Robin Philips, today
signed a memorandum on cooperation programme totalling 2 m dollars.

Artur Bagdasaryan said that the programme is aimed at carrying out
effective reforms in the Armenian parliament, increasing contacts
between people and parliament and strengthening democratic institutes.

Robin Philips noted that cooperation between the National Assembly
and USAID, which started in 2004, will continue. He expressed the
hope that the programme will help strengthen the role of parliament
in Armenia’s political life.