Class of 2011 Internship Program visited US Embassy in Armenia too meet the US Chargé D’affaires Bruce Donahue.

Yerevan,
Armenia – On August 4th
The Armenian Assembly's Summer Internship Class of 2011 visited US Embassy in Armenia and
met with the the US Chargé D’affaires Bruce Donahue

The interns of the Armenian Assembly of America's Summer Internship Program in Armenia visited the United States Embassy in Yerevan, where they had an opportunity to meet with the US Charge D'Affaires Bruce Donahue.
After greeting the interns and Assembly
staff, Mr. Donahue spoke about U.S - Armenia relations, U.S.
assistance programs for Armenia, and so forth.
A wide range of issues of mutual concern were discussed, including the Nagorno
Karabakh peace process, programs implemented by Millennium Challenge
Corporation, Armenian-Turkish reconciliation process, healthcare and
educational problems in Armenia.

At the end of the meeting US
Chargé D’affaires took questions
from the interns regarding various topics, including USAID programs in
Armenia, the Nagorno Karabakh peace process, Ambassador’s nominee’s position on
Genocide, the working principles of Consular Department, Millennium Challenge
Corporation funding and so on.

"Speaking with the US Charge D'affaires was very informative. We received a great opportunity to hear his opinion on the diplomatic issues facing Armenia today" stated Julia Madden who interns at the Civilitas Foundation.

The interns also met with one of the Embassy interns, Brice Jordan who spoke about his internship at the US Embassy, as well as his experience in Armenia, and also with Karen Robblee, who is the Public Affairs Officer at the US Embassy in Armenia. She spoke about the various programs carried out by her department, including different educational and youth projects.

"I am very pleased to have been able to visit the US Embassy. Not only did we meet with the staff, but also met with a current intern that talked about his own experience", said Anzhela Babayan, who does her internship at the Regional Studies Center. "I thought it was a bit unfortunate that Armenia does not have a current ambassador but I hope that we will be able to meet the next ambassador in the future", she added.

Tatevik Babayan, who also interns at the Regional Studies Center, said "I was really looking forward to visiting the embassy. It was an overall great experience".