ARMENIAN PRESIDENT HOLDS WORKING MEETING WITH MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE

Noyan Tapan
March 11, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The Armenian president Robert Kocharian
on March 11 held a working meeting with the minister of agriculture
Davit Lokian in order to familiarize himself with the implementation
of a number of agricultural programs adopted by the government in the
past four months, and with the issues related to a rise in food prices
in the world due to the ongoing global changes and, in this connection,
solution of problem of Armenia’s self-sufficiency. R. Kocharian asked
questions about problems of poultry keeping and cattle breeding,
especially the new direction that the country has adopted in the
poultry keeping.

According to a press release submitted to NT by the RA president’s
press service, during the meeting the interlocutors also discussed the
new programs adopted by the government, in particular, the program on
corn cultivation in Tavush and Lori marzes and the program of wheat
sulf-sufficiency in the next three years. They discussed the process of
subsidizing that includes nearly 100 thousand residents of rural areas.