U.S.-Armenia Joint Economic Task Force Meets

May 13, 2009

The governments of Armenia and the United States held a regularly scheduled meeting of the U.S.-Armenia Joint Economic Task Force in Yerevan on May 13, 2009. The Armenian delegation was led by Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsian. The U.S. delegation was led by Dan Rosenblum, Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia at the Department of State. The two sides discussed ways of further cooperation between the two countries, advancing economic and market reforms, strengthening rule of law, and other bilateral issues.

The bilateral task force is an open forum to discuss issues of concern and interest to both countries, and provides the opportunity to check progress in certain areas and clarify priorities for moving forward in the bilateral relationship. The resulting action plan helps in tailoring assistance to Armenia coming from the United States Government through the Office of the Coordinator for Assistance to Europe and Eurasia. In 2008, the United States Government provided 68.9 million dollars of assistance to Armenia.