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YEREVAN, MARCH 17, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan had a working meeting on March 17 with Iva Petrova, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission in Armenia, and IMF Resident Representative for Armenia Mehdi Raissii.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the office of Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatryan, at the beginning of the meeting, Deputy PM Khachatryan, welcoming the guests, highly appreciated the willingness of the IMF to constantly support the reform programs of the Armenian government.

Iva Petrova thanked for the reception and emphasized the high-level partnership relations with the Armenian government, expressing confidence that the effective cooperation will continue in the future.

The parties discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest, in particular, referred to topics related to the latest macroeconomic developments, capital expenditures and tax policy.

It is noted that at the end of the meeting, a number of agreements were reached to continue discussions of current programs in a working format in the near future.