ArmInfo. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed his enthusiasm for the peaceful and constitutional change of power in Armenia, confirmed the friendly nature of the relations between the United States of America and the Armenian people, promised to work with the new government of the RA to promote common interests. This is stated in a letter of Pompeo, sent to the Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA).
The letter came in response to ANCA's call to Secretary of State Pompeo, as the chairman of the council of the Millennium Challenge program, to support the granting of a $ 140 million to Armenia, which will be channeled to educational programs in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics.
Pompeo in his reply highly appreciated the desire to focus on educational programs in Armenia, but added that the corporation does not have a formal process for accelerated consideration of grants. "We hope that this year the Armenian Government makes progress in relation to the eligibility criteria for the" Millennium Challenge ", so that the board could consider Armenia during the annual selection process," - US Secretary of State said.
ANCA chairman Raffi Hambaryan welcomed Pompeo's enthusiasm for the events in Armenia and expressed his hope for cooperation with him and his team to raise bilateral cooperation to a new level.