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U.S.-Armenia Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement

The Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Armenia recommitted to strengthening their relationship during the U.S.-Armenia Strategic Dialogue (USASD), held in Yerevan on May 7, 2019. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan hosted the dialogue and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigor Hovhannisyan led the Armenian delegation, with participation by Armenian Ambassador to ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 8 May, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases | Tags: U.S. Ambassador, U.S. Embassy in Armenia, USASD

U.S.-Funded Dashtadem Cultural Preservation Project Complete

On April 30, 2019, U.S. Ambassador Lynne M. Tracy joined Deputy Minister of Culture Tigran Galstyan to celebrate the completion of a U.S.-funded cultural preservation project in Dashtadem. The project, funded by a $143,175 grant through the U.S. Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), involved the excavation and partial restoration of the Dashtadem Fortress complex. ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 30 April, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases | Tags: Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation, Dashtadem, U.S. Ambassador, U.S. Embassy in Armenia

Statement by the President on Armenian Remembrance Day 2019

Today, we commemorate the Meds Yeghern and honor the memory of those who suffered in one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century. Beginning in 1915, one and a half million Armenians were deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths in the final years of the Ottoman Empire. On this day of remembrance, ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 24 April, 2019 | Topics: News, President of the United States, Press Releases

USAID Launches Rural Economic Development – New Economic Opportunities Program

Yerevan, Armenia – On April 22, 2019, USAID, the Center for Agribusiness & Rural Development (CARD), and partners marked the official launch of the new Rural Economic Development – New Economic Opportunities (RED-NEO) Program in Armenia. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne M. Tracy, and representative of the Armenian Government delivered opening remarks at the kick-off ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 22 April, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, News, Press Releases, U.S. Agencies | Tags: U.S. Ambassador, U.S. Embassy in Armenia, USAID

American Corners in Armenia celebrate National Library Week with Reading Marathon

On Friday, April 12, the U.S. Embassy’s five American Corners hosted a reading marathon in celebration of U.S. and Armenian National Library Weeks. The marathon featured the classic American novel, “The Martian Chronicles,” by Ray Bradbury. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Lynne M. Tracy and Deputy Foreign Minister Grigor Hovhannisyan participated in the reading marathon alongside ...

By U.S. Mission Armenia | 13 April, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, American Spaces, News, Press Releases | Tags: American Corners, Ray Bradbury, U.S. Ambassador, Yerevan American Corner

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