S. OHANYAN HOSTED THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
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30 .05.08
SOn May 29 RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan received the
representative of the American Jewish Committee, Ambassador Peter
Rosenblatt, Executive Director of the US – Armenia Public Affairs
Committee Ross Vartian and Director of the "Hope for Armenia" Fund
Madeleine Minasyan.
RA Defense Minister greeted the guest, stressing importance to the
deepening of Armenia-US bilateral relations, especially from the
perspectives of economic and democratic development and regional
stability.
For his part, Ambassador Rosenblatt noted that the Committee he
represents is one of the key organizations of the Jewish community,
which is maximally involved in the field of international relations. He
noted also that starting from 1990 he has been closely watching the
developments in the South Caucasian region, and last visited Armenia
in 1999. According to the Ambassador, the interest of the American
Jewish Committee in Armenia is connected with the close ties with
the American Armenian community.
During the meeting the parties discussed the reforms implemented in
the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and issues of maintenance
of the cease-fire regime.
The parties discussed the Armenia-Israel interrelations.
At the end of the meeting sides discussed a number of issues of
regional security.