US Ambassadors appreciated US Armenian community's interest in Armenia

Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan received Monday the US Ambassador in Armenia, Marie Yovanovich, and the Director of US Agency of International Development (USAID), Jatender Cheema, the PR Department of the Armenian Ministry of Diaspora reported.

The Ambassador shared her impressions of her recent meeting with the Armenian community in United States, saying that the Diaspora is better informed of the activities of US Embassy in Armenia and USAID. She also appreciated Armenia and Diaspora's interest in seeing Armenia as a developing, secure and democratic country.

Yovanovich also spoke of the meeting with the International Association of Armenian Women in US and shared its members concerns over the problem of violence in Armenia.

The minister expressed her gratitude to the ambassador and also shared concerns over the situation with domestic violence in Armenia.
She also introduced the ministry's 2009-10 activities, programs and their outcomes. Expressing her gratitude to USAID for collaboration and joint programs, Hakobyan expressed hope for further cooperation.