ArmInfo. The members of the Armenia-US parliamentary friendship group led by the deputy speaker of the National Assembly Arpine Hovhannisyan met with the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Armenia Richard Mills on January 30.
As the press service of the Parliament reports, the Vice Speaker of the National Assembly stressed the importance of the consistent development of relations with the US and further deepening of cooperation in various fields, highlighting the role of inter-parliamentary relations and parliamentary diplomacy in this context. Hovhannisyan highly appreciated the US assistance in the establishment of democracy in Armenia, the strengthening of civil society, the implementation of reforms in various fields.
Richard Mills presented the members of the group with United States' a new national security strategy.
"All the goals set by the new US national security strategy in one way or another concern Armenia, as for each of them we share common interests," the ambassador said, adding that the guarantee of continuous friendship between Armenia and the United States is the strong and lasting ties of our peoples.
During the meeting, members of the friendship group stressed the importance of the stable development of the Armenian-American relations, deepening multi-vector cooperation.