On November 16 Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Territorial Administration Armen Gevorgyan met with the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Germany to Armenia Rainer Morel.

Minister Gevorgyan praised the current level of cooperation between Armenia and Germany. He expressed particular satisfaction with the programs that are being implemented in Armenia's regions with the assistance of Germany, noting that a prevailing long-term and effective cooperation has been developed with the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) in the fields of drinking water provision, solid waste recycling, development of community databases, the development of local democratic institutions.

The deputy prime minister stressed the work carried out by KfW, in the field of researching the problems of water supply in the country and presentations of institutional proposals, and also noted the contribution of GIZ for efforts on administrative-territorial reforms of the  communities.

When talking about the outcome of the Armenian-German Intergovernmental Commission on Financial and Technical Cooperation meeting, Gevorgyan welcomed the fact that in the framework of the planned bilateral cooperation, many programs focus on the development of infrastructure in the regions, emphasizing the importance of the readiness of the German side to finance reconstruction of the Capse reservoir. The deputy prime minister said that Armenia and Germany can also successfully cooperate in the format of decentralized relations, the press service of the Ministry of Territorial Administration informed Armenian News - NEWS.am.

The Ambassador said that the Armenian-German relations are effectively developing, and promised to do everything possible for greater development of bilateral cooperation. Morel expressed satisfaction with the programs implemented in Armenia, stressing that Armenia is one of the countries where the programs of German government assistance are implemented effectively and most successfully.