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YEREVAN. – Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia, Ashot Manukyan, on Tuesday received director Thomas Eisenbach of the Energy Department at the German government-owned KfW Development Bank.

The interlocutors discussed the implementation of programs in the field of energy, and the avenues for further cooperation, the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. 

Eisenbach briefed the minister on the KfW bank-funded project of the construction of the Armenia-Georgia high-voltage electricity transmission line.

“The matter of quality is very important to us [i.e. Armenia],” Manukyan noted, in turn, in this regard. “The offered price is certainly very important, too.”

Furthermore, the minister stressed the importance of finishing this project within the specified deadlines.

To note, the Armenia-Georgia high-voltage electricity transmission line will be a component of the Iran-Armenia-Georgia energy corridor.

Also, the parties reflected on the opportunities for further cooperation in the energy sector. In this connection, Thomas Eisenbach informed that the KfW Development Bank stands ready to partake in the ongoing wind energy projects in Armenia. Expressing satisfaction with such proposal, Ashot Manukyan, for his part, noted that Armenia is prepared to discuss any initiative.

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