YEREVAN, September 28. /ARKA/. The government of Armenia will channel a $ 2.3 million Russian grant into its Center for Strategic Initiatives and into the modernization of information systems, finance minister Vardan Aramyan said at a government meeting on Thursday. The $2.3 million grant agreement with Russia was signed in the spring of 2017.



He said the main portion of the grant - 238 million drams - will be spent on the development of the capabilities and the technical equipment of the Center for Strategic Initiatives, while the rest will be used to modernize and strengthen information systems.



According to the minister, among other measures, the finance ministry will modernize the system of electronic payments and accounting, the system of state purchases, and will also create conditions for introducing electronic auctions.



Armenia, upon joining the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), received technical and financial assistance from Russia in the amount of $14.1 million as a grant for effective implementation of the membership road map. The government managed to spend $2.4 million less which, as a result of negotiations with the Russian side, remained in Armenia as a grant assistance. Armenia joined the EEU on January 1, 2015. --0—





17:10 28.09.2017