Acting  Minister of Agriculture of Armenia received a delegation of  the French Development Agency

ArmInfo.  On December 19,  Minister of Agriculture Gegham Gevorgyan received the delegation of  the head of the South Caucasus office of the French Development  Agency, Gayel Asayag.

According to the press service of the Ministry, during the meeting  the sides discussed the development of Armenian-French relations in  the field of agriculture. In particular, the parties touched upon a  number of issues related to the grant program "On the development of  irrigated agriculture in the Ararat and Armavir regions of  Armenia".Gegham Gevorkian noted that the implementation of the  program is of great importance for the development of agriculture in  Armenia, and the ministry will make every effort to sign an agreement  and launch the project in a timely manner.Within the framework of  this program, it is planned to issue a grant in the amount of 10  million euros to Armenia, which will be used to introduce drip  irrigation systems and consulting services in the Ararat and Armavir  regions of Armenia.