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YEREVAN, JUNE 20, ARMENPRESS.  Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Khachatryan received Natia Natsvlishvili, Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Program in Armenia, ARMENPRESS was informed from the press service of the Government of Armenia.

Emphasizing the importance of Sustainable Development Goals within the framework of the bilateral cooperation agenda, the parties exchanged ideas on the current and prospective projects implemented in this direction. In particular, the cooperation aimed at increasing the resilience and socio-economic development of the border communities, promoting the "green" economic agenda, as well as the development of health, educational and environmental infrastructures was highlighted by both sides.

During the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Khachatryan emphasized the importance of the involvement of international, including UN, agencies in Nagorno-Karabakh in order to get acquainted with the created situation and address the humanitarian problems of the population. The Resident Representative of the UNDP Armenia office, in turn, expressed concern about the created situation, expressing readiness to continue the provision of assistance aimed at the rehabilitation of border communities of Armenia.

Natia Natsvlishvili reaffirmed her readiness to support Armenia's current reform agenda, highlighting the need to expand cooperation in the specified directions.