U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SYUNIK MARZ

US State News
June 22, 2009 Monday 5:16 PM EST

YEREVAN, Armenia, May 20– The U.S. Embassy issued the following
press release:

U.S. Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch visited Syunik Marz from
May 18 to May 20. She met with the mayors of Goris, Sissian, and
Kapan to learn about the current social and economic situation and
to discuss U.S. Government assistance programs in the region. In
Kapan, the Ambassador toured the Kapan American Corner, located in
the City Library, where she participated in a roundtable with local
women entrepreneurs. She also met with Peace Corps volunteers and
representatives of the Syunik Civil Society Development Center funded
by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In Goris,
the Ambassador held meetings with civil society representatives and
Peace Corps volunteers and gave an interview to Last TV station’s
program "Good Evening Goris." In Sissian, she met with Sissian school
teachers and visited the Migration Center funded by a USAID/Eurasia
Partnership grant. She toured Armen Andreasian Ltd, where she met
with employees and learned about the mining operation. The Ambassador
also had a lunch and roundtable discussion with NGO leaders. On her
trip, the Ambassador visited Noravank Monastery, Tatev Monastery and
the Tatev Scholarly Center, the last of which has been partially
restored with support from the Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural
Preservation.For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar,
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