OPEC FID DIRECTOR-GENERAL AWARDED ANANIA SHIRAKATSI ORDER

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
15.07.2009 12:45 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan met Tuesday with
Director-General of the OPEC Fund for International Development,
Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish and the delegation led by him, the RA
leader’s press office reported.

The OPEC Fund for International Development has been assisting Armenia
since 2004. Two credit programs amounting to $15 million has been
implemented so far. The programs mostly aimed at poverty reduction,
rural areas development and restoration of infrastructure.

In December 2007, a $14-million agreement was signed to intensify
rural areas development.

Given the activities of the OPEC Fund for International Development
in Armenia, President Sargsyan awarded Suleiman Jasir Al-Herbish with
Anania Shirakatsi order.