Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan of Armenia on Wednesday chaired the year-end meeting of the interdepartmental working group on the issues of Syunik Province.

Opening the sitting, Pashinyan noted as follows, in particular: "In 2021, a program worth about 1.1 billion drams [approx. US$2.2 million] was allocated and implemented in Syunik Province through the channel of the [aforesaid] working group. (…).We have already announced that we are starting the preparatory work for the construction of the Meghri section of the Yeraskh-Julfa-Ordubad-Meghri-Horadiz railway.”

Subsequently, the members of this working group—that is, the representatives of the relevant departments—reported on the work done in accordance with domains.

During the ensuing exchange of views, a number of issues and ideas were discussed and suggestions were made.

At the end of this meeting, PM Pashinyan thanked the members of this working group and the expert group for the work done, and stressed that the agenda for the development of Syunik Province is quite comprehensive and it is necessary to work patiently to implement the set priorities in this regard.