PRESS RELEASE
September 13, 2005
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia
2225 R Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
Tel: 202-319-1976, x. 348; Fax: 202-319-2982
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Ambassador Markarian Meets OPIC Executive
On September 13, 2005, Ambassador of Armenia to the U.S. Tatoul Markarian
met with Executive Vice President and COO of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation (OPIC) Ross J. Connelly to discuss potential cooperation between
OPIC and Armenia. OPIC’s major investment project in Armenia to date has
been the Marriott Armenia Hotel.
Ambassador Markarian stressed the need to work towards increasing U.S.
investments in Armenia, and said he is looking forward to cooperation with
OPIC towards this objective. Mr. Connelly expressed readiness to work
together to further raise awareness of the existing OPIC programs and
potential to promote U.S. investments in Armenia.