Historic level of U.S. investment in Armenia just the start: ObamaJanuary 30, 2016 - 11:28 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia’s ambassador to the United States Grigor Hovhannissyan presented his letters of credence to the U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday, January 28, Massis Post reports. President Obama congratulated Ambassador Hovhannissyan on the occasion of his accreditation and expressed confidence that at the current junction of bilateral relations Ambassador Hovhannissyan, through his experience, will contribute to further strengthening of the friendship between Armenia and the United States. Ambassador Hovhannissyan conveyed to President Obama the greetings and warm wishes of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, who will be attending the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC. President Obama expressed his gratitude for Armenia’s participation and highly valued the commitment of Armenia to this nuclear security initiative. In his address, President Obama express hope that the historic level of U.S. investment in Armenia in 2015 is just the beginning of expanded trade and investment ties, which are of vital significance to Armenia, the Caucasus, and beyond. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |