MCC GRANT TO OPEN NEW HORIZONS FOR ARMENIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.04.2006 22:07 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The U.S. Congressional delegation lead by Jim
Kolbe and Scott Garrret together with Chief Executive Officer of
the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Ambassador John Danilovich is
going to visit all the South Caucasian states. The visit bears a
familiarization nature. The delegation has already paid a call to
Georgia in Armenia. Then it will head for Azerbaijan, Congressman
Kolbe told reporters in Yerevan. In his words, the MCC grant rendered
to Armenia will open new horizons and prospects for the republic. “The
economic development of a state should march in step with the reforms
within the civic society and democracy consolidation,” he remarked.
Congressmen Kolbe also noted that during the meeting with the Armenian
leadership they discussed security issues and the Nagorno Karabakh
conflict peaceful settlement. “I thanked President Kocharian for the
contribution to the war on terror and participation of the Armenian
peacekeeping mission in Iraq,” Jim Kolbe emphazised.