Armenian Finance Min. to travel to Washington for millennium challen

ARMENIAN FINANCE MINISTER TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON FOR SIGNING
AGREEMENT WITH MILLENNIUM CHALLENGES CORP

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
March 16 2006

YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. Delegation headed by Armenian Finance and
Economy Minister Vardan Khachatryan is to tour Washington on March
25 to 30 to attend the ceremony of signing agreement with Millennium
Challenges Corp, Armenian Finance and Economy Ministry press service
told ARKA News Agency.

Millennium Challenges-Armenian group will hold open discussions in
Armenian Finance and Economy Minister over the matter on March 20.

Millennium Challenges Corporation approved a five-year program
worth $235.65mln for Armenia in late 2005. The program is focused on
irrigation infrastructures and community roads restoration. M.V. -0–