In the frame of a long-lasting partnership established between the Governments of Armenia and the United States, the U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), within the Counter Weapons of Mass Destruction Security Cooperation Engagement Program, has donated Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) response equipment, worth over 1 million USD, to the Ministry of Emergency …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 6 May, 2022 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: Defense Attaché, U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
REMARKS ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ROOM WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 2, 2022 SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon, everyone. It is a great pleasure to welcome the foreign minister from Armenia here to the State Department, to the United States. Ararat, it’s very good to be with you today, to be with your entire …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 3 May, 2022 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
APRIL 24, 2022 On April 24, 1915, Ottoman authorities arrested Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople. Thus began the Armenian genocide—one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century. Today, we remember the one and a half million Armenians who were deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination, …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 25 April, 2022 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
YEREVAN – The United States Embassy in Armenia is pleased to announce the arrival of 306,000 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Armenia on March 14, 2022. This is a gift from the United States Government to the people of Armenia and is part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s global vaccine sharing framework. The 306,000 …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 14 March, 2022 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: President Joe Biden, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia – U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne M. Tracy and U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Edward Vaughan, Deputy Director of Plans, Policy, Strategy and Capabilities at United States European Command, participated on January 19, 2022, in a ceremony at the Central Military Hospital to mark the donation of $665,000 worth of medical equipment from …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 20 January, 2022 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: U.S. Ambassador, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
Yerevan, Armenia – On September 7, U.S. Ambassador Lynne M. Tracy traveled to Lori to participate in a donation ceremony of aDigital Radiography and Fluoroscopy Machine to the Spitak medical Center. The medical imaging device, worth $255,000, is one component of a medical equipment donation to the Ministry of Health valued at$770,000 to support the …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 8 September, 2021 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: U.S. Ambassador, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release STATEMENT BY SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN June 12, 2021 United States Welcomes Actions by Armenia and Azerbaijan The United States welcomes the release by Azerbaijan of 15 Armenian detainees and their return to their families in Armenia. We also welcome Armenia’s decision to provide …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 12 June, 2021 | Topics: Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
U.S. Ambassador Lynne M. Tracy met with the President of Armenia Armen Sargsyan on November 19 to discuss the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and the current political situation in Armenia. The Ambassador stressed the importance of democratic norms and values, condemned political violence, and encouraged all stakeholders to abide by the rule of law. The Ambassador emphasized that the United States …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 21 November, 2020 | Topics: Ambassador, Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
On Monday, June 22, President Trump signed a proclamation suspending entry into the United States of certain immigrants and nonimmigrants who present a risk to the U.S. labor market following the coronavirus outbreak. Effective immediately, the proclamation extends the suspension of entry for certain immigrants ( Presidential Proclamation 10014 ) through December 31, 2020. The new restrictions imposed by the proclamation …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 24 June, 2020 | Topics: Events, Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases
The top priority of the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan is the health and safety of our employees and visitors. The Embassy is still open for business, though we are implementing a number of measures to follow CDC and WHO guidance for basic protective measures against COVID-19. These measures include refraining from participating in or hosting …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 17 March, 2020 | Topics: Alert, Events, Exclude, Exclude All
Issued on: March 11, 2020 On January 31, 2020, I issued Proclamation 9984 (Suspension of Entry as Immigrants and Nonimmigrants of Persons Who Pose a Risk of Transmitting 2019 Novel Coronavirus and Other Appropriate Measures To Address This Risk). I found that the potential for widespread transmission of a novel (new) coronavirus (which has since been renamed “SARS-CoV-2” …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 12 March, 2020 | Topics: Events, Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: Coronavirus, President Donald Trump, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
Today, Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Lia Miller, alongside the Governor of Tavush Province, Hayk Chobanyan, and Country Director of Project Harmony International Armenia Office, Mariam Martirosyan, officially opened the American Library and Training Center – a new learning hub in Ijevan supported by the U.S. Embassy and housed at the Ijevan Branch of Yerevan …
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By U.S. Mission Armenia | 20 February, 2020 | Topics: Events, Exclude, Exclude All, News, Press Releases | Tags: Ijevan, Lia Miller, Tavush, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Embassy in Armenia
