YEREVAN. – Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abrahamyan received a US congressional delegation, led by Chairman Ed Royce of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs.  

Abrahamyan thanked the Congress members for taking part in the Armenian Genocide commemoration events, informed the Press Office of the Government of Armenia. In addition, the PM saluted the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passing a resolution on the recognition and condemnation of the Genocide.

In turn, the US Congress members noted that it was important for them to be in Armenia’s capital city Yerevan on Thursday, April 24, 2014—the 99th anniversary of the Genocide—and pay tribute to the Genocide victims.

“We express our support to the Armenian people, who have managed to preserve and develop their culture,” Royce said, in particular.    

Abrahamyan noted that, as PM, one of his priorities is the further development of cooperation with the US. He also thanked the American side for its assistance in Armenia.

The interlocutors underscored the further development of bilateral economic ties. The Armenian Premier stated that the future economic policy in Armenia will aim to strengthen the level competitive playing field in the country. In this connection, the Congress members expressed a conviction that this will contribute to more American investments in Armenia.

Subsequently, Hovik Abrahamyan briefed the US congressional delegation on the political situation in the region as well as Armenia’s position on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the establishment of diplomatic relations with Turkey.