Armenia’s Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Suren Papikyan today received the delegation led by Deputy Head of the French Development Agency for the South Caucasus Bertrand Walckenaer and Head of the French Development Agency for the South Caucasus Rafael Rozen.

Minister Papikyan highly appreciated the high level of partnership between the Government of Armenia and the French Development Agency.

“I would like to express gratitude to the French government and the French Development Agency for their investments for the development of infrastructures in Armenia. The success that was recently recorded as a result of joint efforts for construction of the reservoir in Vedi and construction of an irrigation system attest to the effectiveness of our partnership,” Minister Papikyan emphasized.

Papikyan touched upon several priority programs of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure and attached importance to the possible support of partners to road construction, reservoir construction, modernization of the irrigation system within communities, etc.

Walckenaer also underscored the importance of the construction of the reservoir in Vedi for France and described it as a symbolic plan for the partnership hinged on the historical ties between France and Armenia.