U.S.-ARMENIA JOINT ECONOMIC TASK FORCE MEETS IN YEREVAN

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13.05.2009 16:56

The governments of Armenia and the United States held a regularly
scheduled meeting of the U.S.-Armenia Joint Economic Task Force in
Yerevan on May 13, 2009. The Armenian delegation was led by Minister of
Economy Nerses Yeritsian. The U.S. delegation was led by Dan Rosenblum,
Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia at the Department of
State. The two sides discussed ways of further cooperation between the
two countries, advancing economic and market reforms, strengthening
rule of law, and other bilateral issues.

The bilateral task force is an open forum to discuss issues of concern
and interest to both countries, and provides the opportunity to check
progress in certain areas and clarify priorities for moving forward
in the bilateral relationship. The resulting action plan helps
in tailoring assistance to Armenia coming from the United States
Government through the Office of the Coordinator for Assistance to
Europe and Eurasia. In 2008, the United States Government provided
68.9 million dollars of assistance to Armenia.