YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving the World Bank Regional Vice President For Europe and Central Asia Shigeo Katsu on December 14, the Armenian president Robert Kocharian said the cooperation with the World Bank has produced serious results so far, and Armenia is interested in continuing it. According to him, in parallel with implementing the second-generation reforms, Armenia will focus on social and educational directions and pay attention to reducing the disproportion in development of marzes and the capital city and extending the field of intellectual services. S. Katsu in his turn stated that in the past years, Armenia has been among the WB partner-states with the best performance. According to him, the second and third-generation reforms, as well as institutional reforms will be pivotal ones in WB cooperation programs with Armenia in the coming years. NT was informed by the RA president's press service that during the meeting the sides also exchanged ideas about Armenia's opportunities to retain its competitiveness in the future. It was pointed out that the consistent and efficient implementation of reforms will play a decisive role in this issue.

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