YEREVAN, MARCH 25, NOYAN TAPAN. During the March 24 meeting with the Executive Director of the World Bank Rudolf Jan Treffers, RA Minister of Economy Nerses Yeritsian said that the anti-crisis program developed by Armenian government envisages provision of credits to small and medium enterprises by the state, organization of large-scale construction work in the earthquake zone, implementation of a number of projects in construction sector, etc. Besides, work is being done on infrastructure reforms, creation of the bases of stable management systems, and capacity building. According to a press release of the Information and PR Department of the RA Ministry of Economy, a number of issues related to economic cooperation were discussed at the meeting. N. Yeritsian and R.J. Treffers also spoke about the possible opening of Armenian-Turkish border and its impact on the Armenian economy. R. J. Treffers is the regional head of a group of 13 countries, including Armenia. The main purpose of his visit is to become acquainted with the directions of development of the Armenian economy under conditions of the global financial and economic crisis, and to discuss the anti-crisis programs developed and implemented by the Armenian government.

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