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KAPAN, JULY 20, ARMENPRESS: US Ambassador to Armenia Mary Jovanovich was on a working visit to Syunik from July 19 to 20. This was the Ambassador’s second visit to the province of Syunik. During her last year’s visit the US Ambassador did not visit the region of Meghri, but this time her tour began from Meghri. At the end of her visit Mary Jovanovich met with journalists. ‘I visited the border check point of Meghri, got acquainted with the works, we carried out in the direction of the strengthening of border security in the border line between Iran and Armenia.
We granted 400 thousand-USD-equipments and I wanted to see the way the equipments are being used,’ Mary Jovanovich said. Before returning the Ambassador met with the mayors of Agarak and Meghri and got acquainted with the social-economic condition of the communities. The same day Mary Jovanovich returned to Kapan and met with representatives of nature-preserving NGO’s at the American Corner of Kapan. She also met with representatives of other local NGO’s at the Civil Society Development Center of Syunik and spoke on the current issues of nature protection and legal protection.
On the second day of her tour to Syunik the Ambassador visited the ‘Dino Gold Mining Company’ CJSC, met with the Mayor of Kapan, talked to the volunteers of ‘Peace Corps’ at the American Corner of Kapan. In answer to the question whether the US Ambassador noticed any advancement in the province or not, Mary Jovanovich answered that she could have noticed any advancement within that short period, but in the result of the meetings she made clear that some advancement was registered.