NETHERLANDS ATTACHES HIGH IMPORTANCE TO ARMENIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.06.2006 13:25 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In 2006 the Dutch government will assign a grant
totaling in 5 million euros to Armenia, Dutch Minister of Development
and Cooperation Agnes Van Arden said upon completion of the meeting of
the Dutch Group, International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. In
her words, the aid will be rendered in Armenia follows the economic
path it has chosen. She remarked that Netherlands has been cooperating
with Armenia since the time the republic became independent. "We have
rendered budget assistance and implemented programs targeted at the
development of small and middle business in Armenia," Agnes van Arden
underscored adding that high importance is attached to the economic
growth of the republic. The Dutch leadership prefers the cooperation
between the state be exercised on only at governmental level but at
the level of businessmen as well. "We would like Armenian and Dutch
entrepreneurs establish joint ventures, develop the small and middle
business and create work places," she said, reported IA Regnum.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress