YEREVAN. - Total amount of works carried out by Millennium Challenge Corporation – Armenia made $177 million, said executive director of MCC – Armenia Ara Hovsepyan, elaborating on the outcomes of the program in a briefing on Monday.

According to him, $43 million was allocated for renovation of 17 pumping stations, $22 million for refit of 6 main channels with total length of 40 kilometers, $16 million for repair of tertiary canals. $20 million was spent on renovation of Ararat valley drainage system and around $8 million for gravity-fed irrigation systems.

Around $33 million was put in Water to Market program, aiming at improvement of marketing skills of farmers.

Millennium Challenge Corporation - Armenia was launched in 2006 and completed its program in September 2011. The program funded by Millennium Challenge Corporation (USA) planned to allocate $235 million to the maintenance of rural roads project, safe from the ones mentioned earlier. However, in 2009 the component of road construction was suspended due to Armenian authorities’ actions that do not correspond to the principles of democratic governance.