Russia to allocate $54m to Armenia

  06 July 2015    Read: 1218
Russia to allocate $54m to Armenia
A delegation led by Armenian Finance Minister Gagik Khachatryan in Moscow took part in the session of the board of the Eurasian Fund of Stabilization and Development.
During the session the minister presented Armenia`s appeal for a loan from the fund.

The fund`s board decided to continue works on preparation of the final program of financing and confirmed the appeal for presenting Armenia a loan of $40m from the fund for the program of `Modernizing irrigation systems`.

The loan is provided under annual 2%, the term of payment is 20 years including 10 years of preferential term.

The Armenian Ministry of Finances and the Ministry of Finance of Russia have signed an agreement on allocation of a grant, which envisages a financial aid of $14.1 to the Finance Ministry of Armenia for implementation of the plan of actions on Armenia`s accession to the Customs Union and the single economic space.

An agreement on provision of $200m to Yerevan by Moscow for arms purchase was reached in late June.

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