TOTAL DEBT OF ARMENIA TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AMOUNTS TO 8,5 MILLION USD

ARMENPRESS
Nov 4, 2009

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS: Armenia is member of a great number
international and regional organizations, and the annual payments
of membership fees of 86 of them is being carried out through the
Foreign Ministry from the means provided from the state budget for
Armenia’s membership to international organizations.

Armenia has a status of associated member in Francophone International
Organization, status of an observer in "EurAsEc", Not-Uniting Movement
Organization.

Spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Affairs Ministry Tigran Balayan
told Armenpress that this year the total sum of financial commitments
amounts to 1 million 942,870 USD. Taking into consideration the
process of paying back the gathered debts of the previous years
the 2009 state budget released 2 million 725,464 USD for Armenia’s
membership to international organizations. This sum according to the
timeframe of payment is equally distributed among four quarters.

Currently the total debt of Armenia to international organizations
amounts to 8,5 million USD.