US AMBASSADOR VISITS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER”S OFFICE
Armenpress
YEREVAN, JUNE 17, ARMENPRESS: US ambassador to Armenia, John Evans
met today with Armenian human rights defender Larissa Alaverdian,
whose office said the meeting was the ambassador’s initiative.
It also said the focus of the meeting was on Alaverdian’s first-ever
report on the situation with human rights in Armenia, which was
described by Evans as ‘an important step and a good start for
strengthening of human rights defender institution.” Evans was also
reported to offer his support to Armenian human rights institution
saying that defense of human rights has always been a priority of US
policy. The ambassador also presented the human rights office with
a computer.