YEREVAN. – Sergo Karapetyan, Minister of Agriculture of Armenia, on Tuesday received Heinz-Wilhelm Strubenhoff, Agribusiness Program Manager at the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

To note, the IFC, which is a World Bank Group (WBG) member, conducts a counseling program in Armenia, since 2011.

The minister highly appreciated the IFC’s undertakings, and noted that it is also owing to this corporation’s activities that great work has been done in Armenia, informs the Ministry of Agriculture press service.

For his part, Strubenhoff noted that the IFC considers agriculture a priority.       

In turn the minister underscored the need to introduce the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) international system in Armenia’s processing industry, and stated that he looks forward to the IFC assistance in this matter.   

The interlocutors also discussed new domains for cooperation, and clarified the directions for the implementation of new projects between 2014 and 2017.