Armenia’s Ambassador to the U.S. Narek Mkrtchyan and, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce David Fogel met in Washington D.C. yesterday and discussed prospects for expanding economic and trade opportunities between their two countries.

Fogel expressed his readiness to support the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding the two countries signed last August, as well as the further deepening and development of Armenia-US trade cooperation.

Fogel also serves as Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service for the International Trade Administration (ITA) at the U.S. Department of Commerce.