YEREVAN, September 29. /ARKA/. Armenia’s government will earmark AMD 1 billion for improvement of living standards in border villages in 2018, Davit Lokyan, Armenian territorial administration and infrastructures minister, said Thursday at a regular cabinet meeting. 

At this meeting, the government upheld a program aimed at development of border areas. 

Lokyan said the money will be used to provide compensations to these areas’ residents for some social expenses. 

In particular, their utilities bills for electric power, natural gas and irrigation water will partially be paid from the government budget and their land and property taxes will be fully paid by the government. ($1 – AMD 478.32). –0—