Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan held a meeting on Friday with U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Global Markets Arun Venkataraman.
PM Pashinyan welcomed the U.S. delegation’s visit and emphasized the importance of expanding the active dialogue around the Armenia-U.S. Strategic Dialogue agenda and implementation of joint programs, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a readout.
The Armenian Prime Minister said that the bilateral relations are dynamically developing and called for implementing steps for consistently deepening economic partnership.
U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Global Markets Arun Venkataraman said that the meeting of the Armenia-U.S. Strategic Dialogue in Yerevan was productive and emphasized the United States’ interest to deepen commercial ties with Armenia and promote partnership in various areas, including in energy.
PM Pashinyan and Arun Venkataraman also discussed the opportunities for strengthening cooperation in trade, investments, energy, high technologies and trade turnover, improvement of the business environment and implementation of joint programs.
