US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills considers the current level of Armenian-American relations to be satisfactory. According to “Armenpress”, the ambassador announced this in a conversation with journalists within the framework of the final event of the 25th jubilee year of Armenian-American partnership and friendship organized at Paronyan State Theater of Musical Comedy.

“Armenian-American relations are strong, and we closely cooperate in a number of fields. I am particularly pleased with the economic and trade relations between the two countries. Just recently we had data that trade volumes with the United States increased by 35 percent over the past 12 months. Trade creates opportunities both in Armenia and the USA, it also creates jobs. In addition, over the past two years, foreign direct investment from the United States to Armenia amounted to half a billion dollars, and I believe that the investment will increase,” said Richard Mills, emphasizing that relations can always be further strengthened in a number of areas, such as military cooperation.

Referring to his term of office in Armenia, the ambassador said that he still does not know for sure how long he will serve as the US ambassador to Armenia. “But when the term expires, and whoever replaces me in that position, he will continue the work in the directions that I consider to be priority and important, in particular, the deepening of investments and trade between the two countries, the promotion of human rights, the fight against corruption, work with people who fight against corruption, and the works aimed at making the ties between the peoples of the two countries closer,” the ambassador concluded.