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U.S. Delegation Commemorates Spitak Earthquake

This week the U.S. Embassy was pleased to welcome to Armenia a delegation from the U.S. state of Kansas headed by Governor Jeff Colyer and the Adjutant General of Kansas, Major General Lee Tafanelli. The delegation traveled to Armenia to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the devastating Spitak earthquake and to pay their respects to ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 7 December, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Earthquake, Kansas, Kansas National Guard, U.S. Embassy, U.S. Embassy in Armenia

U.S. Embassy Officials Discuss Elections Assistance with Armenia’s Central Electoral Commission

On November 21, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Rafik Mansour and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Armenia Mission Director Deborah Grieser met with Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia Tigran Mukuchyan. The parties discussed U.S. assistance and collaboration with the Government of Armenia ahead of the December 9 parliamentary elections, including the ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 21 November, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Career and Entrepreneurship Fair, Global Entrepreneurship Week, U.S. Embassy, U.S. Embassy in Armenia

U.S. experts on Iran sanctions policy visit Armenia

An interagency team of subject matter experts from the U.S. Departments of State and Treasury visited Yerevan November 15-16 to discuss Iran sanctions policies with counterparts in the Armenian government and business community. This visit is the latest in a series of engagements designed to explain U.S. sanctions policy against Iran to governments around the ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 16 November, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Iran, Sanctions, U.S. Treasury

During Global Entrepreneurship Week, U.S. Embassy supports Career and Entrepreneurship Fair in Yerevan

In recognition of Global Entrepreneurship Week, U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Rafik Mansour spoke at the opening of an Embassy-funded career and entrepreneurship fair at the Marriott Hotel in Yerevan on Friday. Haykuhi Gevorgyan, a U.S. Embassy program alumna, coordinated the event, which featured workshops and discussion panels on topics including business startups, media literacy, and ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 16 November, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: Career and Entrepreneurship Fair, Global Entrepreneurship Week, U.S. Embassy, U.S. Embassy in Armenia

Press Statement by the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group

YEREVAN / BAKU, November 2, 2018 – The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, Stéphane Visconti of France, and Andrew Schofer of the United States of America), together with the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, visited the region October 29-November 2. The main purpose of the ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 3 November, 2018 | Topics: News, Press Releases | Tags: OSCE, OSCE Minsk Group, U.S. Embassy, U.S. Embassy in Armenia

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