U.S. State Department experts on Iran sanctions policy visit ArmeniaNovember 16, 2018 - 18:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - An interagency team of subject matter experts from the U.S. Departments of State and Treasury visited Yerevan on November 15-16 to discuss Iran sanctions policies with counterparts in the Armenian government and business community, the U.S. Embassy in Armenia revealed. This visit is the latest in a series of engagements designed to explain U.S. sanctions policy against Iran to governments around the world. The delegation met the Armenian Acting Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Energy and Economic Development and Investment, as well as other officials in the Office of the Prime Minister, and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Economy, and Transportation. Also, they met the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia as well as private banks, members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Armenia, and Armenian academics and think tank experts. The delegation emphasized "U.S. efforts to change the Iranian regime’s malign behavior through maximum economic and diplomatic pressure, while also outlining areas for cooperation with partners like Armenia." Acting Deputy Foreign Minister Karen Nazaryan has said that Armenia does not develop relations with Iran at the expense of the United States. Expert on Iranian studies Vardan Voskanyan said earlier that according to a source, the Iranian Foreign Minister has thanked his Armenian counterpart for Yerevan's friendly stance towards Tehran. Nazaryan said Armenia is diplomatically maneuvering and expressed hope that the country will manage to maintain the balance in relations with Iran and other countries. Earlier, expert on Iranian studies Vardan Voskanyan said that according to a source, the Iranian Foreign Minister has thanked his Armenian counterpart for Yerevan's friendly stance towards Tehran. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |