YEREVAN. – President Armen Sarkissian on Wednesday received Sylvie Bossoutrot, the World Bank (WB) Country Manager for Armenia. They reflected on the Armenia-WB cooperation agenda.

Stressing Armenia’s productive cooperation with the World Bank, the President noted that work with international financial institutions is very important to the country. In his words, economic growth as well as sustainable and rapid development are the main tools for surmounting poverty in the country, and the ongoing joint projects with the WB should be aimed at resolving the existing problems by way of these tools.

Bossoutrot, for her part, noted that the World Bank’s Country Partnership Framework strategic document, which specifies the priorities for cooperation with Armenia over the next four years, was being prepared. As per the WB official, this document will be anchored in export promotion and competitiveness, developing human capital, and ecology and resource management.

Underscoring the development of high tech, education and science for the future of Armenia, President Sarkissian said his respective efforts are aimed at promoting high tech and innovations, and that there is great potential for effective cooperation in this regard.