Armenian Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received a delegation led by Brendan Hanrahan, Director of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs at the US State Department. US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Kristina Kvien also attended the meeting. 

Welcoming the guests, the Deputy Prime Minister highly appreciated the agreements reached following the meetings in Washington on August 8 and expressed hope that joint efforts would help develop bilateral relations within the framework of the memoranda of understanding signed between the Republic of Armenia and the United States of America.

The interlocutors discussed regional events and opportunities for unblocking communications, as well as touched upon the importance of the Trump Route to International Peace and Prosperity project.

In this context, Brendan Hanrahan, Senior Bureau Official for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, noted: "I am very pleased to announce that, working with Congress, we intend to provide Armenia with $145 million in assistance. This is the first tranche of funding aimed at implementing the Trump administration's “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” program and related agreements reached on August 8, by supporting investments in trade, infrastructure, critical mineral supply chains, and cross-border security."