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On December 13 the NA Vice President Hermine Naghdalyan, the Head of the Rule of Law party faction Heghine Bisharyan, deputies Shushan Petrosyan and Ruzanna Muradyan met with the USAID Armenia Mission Director Karen Hilliard.

Karen Hilliard introduced the women deputies the strategy of the USAID Armenia Mission, the directions and priorities of its activities. The Director of the Mission has noted that by the USAID Armenia has been included among the 20 countries, which the U.S. would support for science development.

In the course of the meeting the sides discussed the directions of the upcoming cooperation, also the programs aimed at the rise of the women’s role and position, including political, party and local self-government platforms. The deputies highlighted the mentioned directions and made recommendations for developing the program, indicating the spheres of education, culture and health care.

The NA Vice President has highlighted the RA NA Support Program, which is carried out by the USAID and within the framework of that program, the parliamentary women’s cooperation, the consolidation of their potential in the direction of the solution of the inner-party problems.