RA President Serzh Sargsyan held a meeting on February 5 with Dafina Gercheva, the newly appointed U.N. Resident Representative in Armenia and Regional Coordinator of the U.N. Development Program.

The RA presidential press office told NEWS.am Ms. Gercheva handed the U.S. Secretary General’s letter on her appointment to the Armenian President.

Serzh Sargsyan made a high appraisal of the effective cooperation the Armenian Government formed with U.S. agencies, as well as the programs that have been implemented for years.

Gercheva expressed her satisfaction with excellent cooperation. Evidence thereof is the U.N. development assistance program for 2010-2015. She said that the first stage of the program proved successful last year, and the second stage has been launched. Gercheva said that one of the U.N.’s major aims is assisting stable development. She pointed out that the projects to be implemented under the program are in harmony with Armenia’s priorities: poverty reduction, social security, availability of education and medical services, disaster management, etc…

The Armenian leader stated that Armenia shares the U.N. values and, therefore has common interests with it.

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