On 14 October Minister Oskanian received the assistant to US Secretary of State, Laura Kennedy.

During the meeting the two sides exchanged views on bilateral and urgent international issues of mutual interest. Touching the nature of the Armenian-American relations, the sides stated with satisfaction that they are characterized by dynamic progress and high level of certainty.

The sides paid great attention to the economic constituent of the Armenian-American relations. They discussed the results of the 9th meeting of the Armenian-American working group of Economic cooperation, which recently took place in Washington.

During the meeting, the parties exchanged views on the current status of the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict settlement, Armenia -Turkey relations, as well as several other issues on the international agenda. Minister Oskanian expressed his concern regarding the policy of blockade carried out by Turkey and stressed that such a policy is inconsistent with current regional developments.

Laura Kennedy is a Minister-Councellor in the Foreign Service of the USA. Since June, she has been appointed assistant to the US Secretary of State. In 1992, she was Charge d’Affaires of the newly opened US embassy in Armenia. In 2001, she was the US ambassador in Turkmenistan.