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YEREVAN, MARCH 10, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan chaired a consultation, during which conceptual approaches to the development of the water sector strategy were discussed, ARMENPRESS was informed from the Office of the Prime Minister.

In particular, reference was made to the existing regulations, problems in the water sector, international experience of the sector, planned legal frameworks, models of regulation of water systems, the structure of the strategy to be developed.

An exchange of ideas took place, various observations and recommendations were presented.

Prime Minister Pashinyan emphasized the development of the water sector strategy and noted that it should provide answers to the following questions: How much water resources are available in our country, how much should be stored and how much and in what directions should be used? Nikol Pashinyan emphasized that the priority task is the effective management of existing resources, the formation of the water market and distribution system, and the promotion of reservoir construction.