Even development of Armenia’s provinces is one of the government’s priorities, RA Prime Minister said.

“Yerevan hyper-centralization hampers both the capital city and rural areas development,” Tigran Sargsyan said during a discussion on territorial development concept.

For her part, UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia Dafina Gercheva noted that the challenges and problems of Armenia’s rural areas have prompted the necessity of such concept. “To tackle the persisting problems, governmental and international financing is needed,” she said.