Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan met with Brendan Hаnrahan, senior official of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, in Yerevan on September 12.
The two reviewed key areas of the Armenia-U.S. strategic partnership, including the implementation of bilateral memoranda signed on August 8.
Discussions focused on the potential for innovative collaboration in the fields of energy, artificial intelligence, and semiconductors.
“Ararat Mirzoyan and Brendan Hanrahan also addressed the implementation of the trilateral declaration signed in Washington by the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and the United States, including issues related to the TRIPP initiative (Trump’s Route for International Peace and Prosperity.) Both sides emphasized the importance of expanding communication and infrastructure networks based on agreed principles, within the context of promoting regional peace and broader connectivity,” the statement said.
Mirzoyan highlighted the continued support and efforts of the United States.
The parties also exchanged views on regional and international developments.
On August 8, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint declaration at the White House following their trilateral meeting in Washington. During the same visit, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, in the presence of the three leaders, initialed the “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.”
