Blinken: US supports Armenia’s efforts to establish peace in region

Washington supports Armenia’s efforts to establish peace with its neighbors, connections with the region and the world, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a meeting in the EU-US-Armenia format in Brussels, Report informs.

The US and the European Union want to be partners in this Armenian effort, Blinken noted, adding that it is necessary to seize this moment of choice for the Armenian people and their leaders.

He said that the US plans to provide assistance to Armenia in the amount of more than $65 million from the budget for the 2023rd fiscal year, more than 50 percent than two years earlier.