PRESS RELEASE September 20, 2007
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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Embassy of Armenia Celebrates Independence Day in Washington, D.C.
On September 20, 2007, the Embassy of Armenia hosted the traditional
diplomatic reception to celebrate the sixteenth anniversary of Armenia’s
Independence Day in Washington, D.C. More than 200 U.S. government
officials, including high-ranking officials from the State Department, the
Pentagon, Department of Energy, USAID, foreign Ambassadors and high-ranking
diplomats, U.S. and foreign military officers, and representatives of the
World Bank and the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Washington-based think
tanks and private organizations, as well as the clergymen and
representatives of the Armenian-American political organizations came to
celebrate Armenia’s National Day.
In his remarks at the reception, Ambassador Tatoul Markarian noted Armenia’s
political and economic progress since independence, dynamic nature of
U.S.-Armenian cooperation, and the importance of Armenia-Diaspora relations.