YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) - Armenia SNCO and the Consortium of Consulting Engineers Salzgitter GmbH, AHT Group AG (Germany) and Yerevan State University of Architecture and Construction on February 16 signed an agreement, by which the Consortium will control the construction of infrastructures within the framework of the Irrigated Agriculture subprogram. The agreement was signed by CEO of MCA-Armenia Ara Hovsepian and the head of the Consortium's working group Valdemar Palmtag. The agreement envisages control of the restoration of 6 main canals and 7 gravity systems, the repairs of 17 pumping stations, as well as the restoration of a drainage system and several inter-farm canals in Ararat Valley. The Consortium will also organize working seminars on quality control and the use of international construction technologies, standards and requirements. The cost of the agreement makes 2.9 million dollars. It will be in effect during the implementation of the MCA-Armenia Compact.

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