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  • Embassy hosts Intellectual Property Rights Panel

    U.S. Embassy Celebrates World Intellectual Property Rights Day

    On April 26, the U.S. Embassy to Armenia, in celebration of World Intellectual Property Rights Day, organized a screening of National Geographic’s documentary Illicit: The Dark Trade. Over fifty students attended the event.

  • 	U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arthur Grigoryan, and USAID Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema signed two grant agreements

    Grant Agreement Signed

    Yerevan, Armenia – On April 16, U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern, USAID Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema, and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Arthur Grigoryan signed two grant agreements

  • Remembering Clara Barton:  A Humanitarian and Friend to Armenians

    Remembering Clara Barton: A Humanitarian and Friend to Armenians

    In 1896 a 74-year old American woman arrived in Istanbul, then Constantinople, with a mission to relieve the plight of suffering Armenians. A hundred years ago today the world lost Clara Barton, this remarkable woman, whose relief effort saved at least 50,000 lives.

  • Ambassador Heffern delivers a speech on the U.S.-Armenian Relationship at the Hrazdan Hotel on April 2.

    The U.S.-Armenian Relationship

    On Monday April 2, Ambassador John A. Heffern delivered a speech devoted to 20 years of diplomatic relations between Armenia and the United States at the Hrazdan Hotel, the site of the first U.S. Embassy in Armenia. The event was attended by university students and professors. Following the speech, Ambassador Heffern fielded questions from the audience and attended a reception with students.

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  • $4.5 million medicine donation arrives in Armenia

    On April 27, two containers of medicine valued at $4.5 million arrived in Armenia as part of the United States Government’s humanitarian assistance program. 

  • Statement by the President on Armenian Remembrance Day

    Today, we commemorate the Meds Yeghern, one of the worst atrocities of the 20th century. In doing so, we honor the memory of the 1.5 million Armenians who were brutally massacred or marched to their deaths in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. 

  • Visa Processing Fees to Change on April 13, 2012

    Effective April 13, 2012, the Department of State will adjust visa processing fees. The fees for most nonimmigrant visa applications and Border Crossing Cards will increase, while all immigrant visa processing fees will decrease. 

  • Response to the Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group

    We would like to welcome the three Co-Chairmen of the Minsk Group to the Permanent Council and thank them for their tireless efforts to assist the sides in reaching agreement on a peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. 

  • USAID and Office of Human Rights Defender of Armenia Sign MOU
    USAID and Office of Human Rights Defender of Armenia Sign MOU

    USAID/Armenia Mission Director Jatinder Cheema and the Human Rights Defender of Armenia Karen Andreasyan signed a Memorandum of Understanding at a ceremony held on March 29. U.S. Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern and representatives from Counterpart International and the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) attended the event. 

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