The U.S. Congressional delegation lead by Jim Kolbe and Scott Garrret together with Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Ambassador John Danilovich is going to visit all the South Caucasian states. The visit bears a familiarization nature. The delegation has already paid a call to Georgia in Armenia. Then it will head for Azerbaijan, Congressman Kolbe told reporters in Yerevan. In his words, the MCC grant rendered to Armenia will open new horizons and prospects for the republic. “The economic development of a state should march in step with the reforms within the civic society and democracy consolidation,” he remarked.
Congressmen Kolbe also noted that during the meeting with the Armenian leadership they discussed security issues and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict peaceful settlement. “I thanked President Kocharian for the contribution to the war on terror and participation of the Armenian peacekeeping mission in Iraq,” Jim Kolbe emphazised.
