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Armenia`s Finance  Minister, FDA representative  discuss  financing  options  for Bargushan tunnel construction 

Armenia`s Finance  Minister, FDA representative  discuss  financing  options  for Bargushan tunnel construction 

ArmInfo. The Minister of Finance of Armenia Vahe Hovhannisyan met with  Mathieu Vasseur,  the regional  director of the French Development Agency (FDA), to discuss financing options  for the construction of the Bargushan tunnel, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia.

During the meeting, Hovhannisyan stressed the importance of  initiating  a program promptly to carry out this project.  Additionally, Minister expressed hope for the timely and successful  implementation of the envisaged reforms required for the loan  agreement between Armenia and FDA on budgetary assistance.  The head  of the Armenian Ministry of Finance highly appreciated the assistance  of the French side in implementing structural and institutional  reforms carried out by the Armenian government.  

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