ADB President To Visit South Caucasus On Nov 18

ADB PRESIDENT TO VISIT SOUTH CAUCASUS ON NOV 18

ARKA
Nov 12, 2008

YEREVAN, November 12. /ARKA/. President of the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) Haruhiko Kuroda will pay a four-day official visit to the region
on November 18.

The ADB president will meet with Armenian, Azeri and Georgian officials
to discuss credit agreements in the region.

Kuroda will be present at the opening ceremony of the ADB Office
in Yerevan.

Established in 1966, ADB is composed of 63 member-countries. On
September 20, 2005 Armenia became ADB member by joining the Agreement
on the Establishment of the Asian Development Bank.

The Armenian government and ADB have signed a number of agreements
and a memorandum of understanding.