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    U.S. AMBASSADOR VISITS SYUNIK MARZ

    US State News
    June 22, 2009 Monday 5:16 PM EST

    YEREVAN, Armenia, May 20-- The U.S. Embassy issued the following
    press release:

    U.S. Ambassador Marie L. Yovanovitch visited Syunik Marz from
    May 18 to May 20. She met with the mayors of Goris, Sissian, and
    Kapan to learn about the current social and economic situation and
    to discuss U.S. Government assistance programs in the region. In
    Kapan, the Ambassador toured the Kapan American Corner, located in
    the City Library, where she participated in a roundtable with local
    women entrepreneurs. She also met with Peace Corps volunteers and
    representatives of the Syunik Civil Society Development Center funded
    by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In Goris,
    the Ambassador held meetings with civil society representatives and
    Peace Corps volunteers and gave an interview to Last TV station's
    program "Good Evening Goris." In Sissian, she met with Sissian school
    teachers and visited the Migration Center funded by a USAID/Eurasia
    Partnership grant. She toured Armen Andreasian Ltd, where she met
    with employees and learned about the mining operation. The Ambassador
    also had a lunch and roundtable discussion with NGO leaders. On her
    trip, the Ambassador visited Noravank Monastery, Tatev Monastery and
    the Tatev Scholarly Center, the last of which has been partially
    restored with support from the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural
    Preservation.For more information please contact: Sarabjit Jagirdar,
    Email:- [email protected]
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