India-Armenia sign MoU on High Impact Community Development Projects

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India and Armenia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on high impact community development projects with financial and technical assistance from India in Armenia on 4 July.

• The MoU was signed at the 8th India-Armenia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical, Cultural and Educational Cooperation (IGC) held in Yerevan.

• The Indian delegation was led by Sanjay Verma, Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs.

• The Armenian delegation was led by the Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. 

• The two sides discussed and reviewed the current status of cooperation in various fields such as trade, investment, health, tourism, infrastructure, culture, connectivity, information technology, agriculture, fintech and education.

• Later Mahatma Gandhi Auditorium was inaugurated at Yerevan State Medical University (VSMU).

• More than 700 students from the Indian community are pursuing medical education at Yerevan State Medical University in Armenia.

• India-Armenia Intergovernmental Commission (IGC)

• The 7th IGC was held in April 2016 and the 6th IGC and FOC were held in New Delhi on 25 September 2013.

• About Armenia 

• It is a landlocked country located in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.

• Head Of Government - Prime Minister- Nikol Pashinyan

• Capital - Yerevan

• President - Vahagn Kachaturyan

• Currency - Dram