The US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Riley Barnes found Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s speech “inspiring” at the formal dinner held as part of the second annual Prayer Breakfast in Yerevan.

“I was honored to speak alongside Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan ahead of Armenia’s second annual prayer breakfast. Such a gathering is only possible when people can live out their faith openly, freely, and without fear. His speech was inspiring. What an encouraging time,” Barnes wrote on X.