January 26, 2011 - 17:05 AMT
Tigran Sargsyan: agriculture will be priority for Armenia in 2011

The Armenian government discussed a program on improvement of agriculture.

Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Minister of Agriculture Sergo Karapetyan and representatives of the Ministry, as well as members of the Public Council and representatives of relevant structures participated in the meeting, the RA governmental press service reported.

Opportunities for enlarging cultivated areas in spring of 2011 were presented during the sitting.

Summarizing the results of discussion, Sargsyan gave relevant instructions to institutions, stressing the importance of permanent communication between heads of institutions and regional administrations.

“Agriculture will be a priority field in 2011. And we should do our utmost to secure a growth in it,” noted Sargsyan.