PRIORITIES OF RA GOVERNMENT’S ACTIVITY COINCIDE WITH ADB’S APPROACHES

Noyan Tapan
Jul 09 2007

YEREVAN, JULY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Liqun Jin, the Vice-President of the
Asian Development Bank (ADB), at the July 6 meeting with the RA
Prime Minister, Serge Sargsian, stated that the prior directions of
the activity announced by the RA government fully coincide with the
priorities and approaches of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In his
words, both sides have spared no efforts to strengthen relations and
to work out efficient programs so far.

J. Lin expressed satisfaction with the fact that ADB can support
poverty reduction and socio-economic development in Armenia.

In the words of the ADB’s Vice-President, we still need to combine
our efforts in the direction of resisting the current challenges. He,
in particular, touched upon assistance programs of restoration of
communal roads, improval of regional water supply systems, assistance
to the private sector saying that the bank is interested in making
a contribution to these programs’ implementation and Armenia’s
socio-economic development.

S. Sargsian, in his turn, thanked J. Lin for the interested cooperation
and attached importance to involvement of necessary resources in the
direction of implementation of programs considered as primary by the
RA government, and purposeful and efficient use of those resources
as a result of cooperation with the business partners.

As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Government Information and Public
Relations Department, during the meeting the interlocutors in detail
discussed the conditions of ADB’s support and the possibilities of
cooperation development.