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Preferential loan worth of 12 million Euros will be allocated to Armenia by the Agreement. The money will be allocated to the private sector for making investments in some spheres of renewable energy. Loan can be allocated to the legal persons for building solar stations or to the physical persons for building small autonomous stations. The RA Acting Deputy Minister of Economy Rafayel Gevorgyan said, presenting the draft law on Ratifying the Agreement on Financial Cooperation of 2022 between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the government of the Federal Republic of Germany at March 19 NA sitting.

The key rapporteur informed that the loan repayment term is designed until 2030. It will be allocated from the budget of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In response to the question of the deputy of the NA Civil Contract Faction Sergey Bagratyan, how the money is distributed, the key rapporteur informed that a rather established mechanism functions: that is the Armenian-German Fund, which operates under the RA Central Bank, The Fund carries out the distribution through commercial banks.

The member of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Narek Grigoryan presented the positive viewpoint. He noted that the RA Government is concerned about getting energy for every entity in a more accessible way.