On September 29, 2009 Ms. Arevik Petrosyan, Vice President of the National Assembly, received Dr. Jatinder Cheema, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director. In the pivot of
the meeting were the issues, related to the restart of the interrupted USAID/Armenia program, to the process of work organization, and to the issues related to the choice of areas.
Conveying the greetings of Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan, President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia, Ms. Arevik Petrosyan, Vice President of the National Assembly said that the President of the National Assembly highlights the importance of the continuation and cooperation of the USAID/Armenia program. Ms. Petrosyan presented her approaches towards the organization and cooperation of the works about further issues.
Both sides discussed professional and technical development concrete issues within the framework of the program. The importance of signing a memorandum, which will clarify the framework of the cooperation and its results, was mutually agreed.