YEREVAN. – Zhoghovurd newspaper of the Republic of Armenia (RA) writes: According to Zhoghovurd daily’s information, the RA embassy has not signed a contract with any US lobbying organization ever since Lilit Makunts was appointed ambassador to the US.
We learned that the contract between our embassy in the [United] States and one of the American lobbying organizations expired in March of this year, after which a new one was not signed.
According to the information we received, the former MP, who was appointed ambassador back in August, started having meetings with various American organizations, departments, and people only a month after her appointment—meeting with the members of the [US] Congress committee on Armenian affairs—whereas for any [Armenian] ambassador accredited to the US, it has always been a priority to work, to meet not only with Congress members dealing with Armenian issues, but also with those Congress members and ambassadors of other countries accredited to Washington who even have neutral or slightly opposite dispositions regarding Azerbaijan and Turkey.
Ever since taking office, however, Makunts has not met with the ambassador of another country (at least, we have not come across such information). During this time she had no meetings also with influential religious organizations and churches, such as the Evangelical and Catholic Churches, for example.