U.S.-ARMENIA JOINT ECONOMIC TASK FORCE MEETS

US State News
June 22, 2009 Monday 5:10 PM EST

YEREVAN, Armenia, May 13 — The U.S. Embassy issued the following
press release:

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.For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar,
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