YEREVAN. – Armenian Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan proposes to discuss the possibility of funding, through donor organizations, the continuation of the Assistance for Brucellosis Control in Armenia Project. The minster noted this during his meeting on Thursday with representatives of the trilateral mission studying the project.   

Sergo Karapatyan emphasized the importance of this project, approved of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) activities in connection with implementation of the Brucellosis Control Project, and thanked the Italian government for its financial support. The minister also noted that this project’s main objective, which is brucellosis control in Armenia, is in full alignment with development goals of our country’s government, the Ministry’s press service told Armenian News-News.am.  

By way of this project, a proper training was conducted in Syunik region between 2009 and 2011, all veterinaries included in the vaccination program were retrained, and public awareness material was distributed.

During the meeting, the Italian Embassy’s temporary Chargé d’Affaires Paolo Bonissone thanked the Armenian agriculture minister for his high appraisal of the assistance from Italy, and expressed hope that Armenian-Italian agricultural cooperation would continue.