YEREVAN. – The U.S. will continue assisting Armenia’s development, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Erik Rubin told on Friday at the meeting with Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan.

The sides discussed wide range of development issues on Armenian-American relations.

Rubin said the U.S. is ready to continue cooperation with Armenia on implementing the second stage of the project within Millennium Challenges Corporation.

“As the first stage was a success in Armenia, we should do everything for the works to continue,” he said.

As for the regional issues, Rubin said that the U.S. in public or private meetings will continue persuading Turkey to normalize Armenian-Turkish relations, open border and establish communications. Besides, they also touched upon economy, fight against corruption in the state, cooperation in educational and IT spheres.