YEREVAN. – On Monday, Armenian Minister for Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan received Masood Mirza, Regional Director for the Bilfinger Berger company of Austria.

The objective of the talk was to discuss the opportunities for conducting Bilfinger Berger credit programs in Armenia.

“Armenia-Austria cooperation has intensified, and an Austrian Development Agency office will open soon in [Armenia’s capital city] Yerevan,” the minister specifically said in his welcoming remarks.

Mirza, for his part, proposed to determine the projects which the Austrian company will implement in Armenia, whereupon respective specialists will be sent from Austria to Armenia, to conduct studies on location.

In turn, the Armenian agriculture minister reflected on the agricultural domains where there can be cooperation.

At the end of the meeting, Masood Mirza invited Sergo Karapetyan to visit Austria. In response, the minister informed the guest about his already scheduled forthcoming visit to Austria, and to sign the memorandum of understanding on agriculture between the two countries.