YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 1, NOYAN TAPAN. James Macbeth Forbes, Program Director of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) enterprise, and Melanie Moltmann, German Charge d'Affaires in Armenia, visited on September 1 the RA National Assembly Standing Committee on Financial, Credit and Budget Issues to provide computers to the Committee members and staff, NT was informed by the RA National Assembly PR Department. Expressing his gratitude to the representatives of GTZ for their assistance, the vice speaker of the National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan said that the programs implemented under the memorandum on cooperation with the parliament which was signed in 2008, as well as all initiatives of GTZ in Armenia are successful and efficient. He expressed a hope that the cooperation with the National Assembly will be continuous. According to Chairman of the Standing Committee Gagik Minasian, the committee has a broad experience of joint work with GTZ. As an example of such cooperation, he pointed out the current Law on Audit Chamber: over two years of its application, no proposal for an amendment has been received, although the law requlates a large field. He proposed taking measures on improvement of expert capacities during the next stages of cooperation as well. Melanie Moltmann in her turn underlined the importance of the functions of the Standing Committee on Financial, Credit and Budget Issues, including control over the budget. She expressed a willingness to assist with the implementation of this function.

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