YEREVAN. – President Alen Simonyan of the Republic of Armenia National Assembly (RA NA) on Friday received the delegation headed by Hans Kluge, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe.

Simonyan welcomed the cooperation agreement signed Thursday between the Ministry of Health of Armenia and the WHO Regional Office for Europe. The NA President expressed hope that it will contribute to the development of the health system in all directions, the NA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Various assistance provided to Armenia by the World Health Organization during the fight against the coronavirus pandemic was touched upon at the meeting.

Both sides highlighted the implementation of the legislative initiatives aimed at health system reforms. The importance of efforts to have access to different health areas and to provide quality services was also stressed.