YEREVAN. – Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan on Friday received the new US Ambassador to Armenia, Lynne Tracy.

Avinyan lauded the current level of Armenian-American friendly relations, and expressed confidence that it will be possible to make bilateral cooperation grow deeper, Avinyan’s office informed Armenian News- NEWS.am.

Ambassador Tracy, for her part, noted that the reforms being implemented in Armenia were a good foundation also for the further deepening of trade and economic relations between the two countries.

Tigran Avinyan presented to his interlocutor the Work Armenia program, as well as the steps which the country’s government is undertaking in several domains. They exchanged views on the avenues for increasing American involvement in these initiatives.

The Armenian deputy PM and the US ambassador reflected also on the opportunities for cooperation in trade and economy, agriculture, and high tech.