On June 11, US Ambassador to Armenia Christina Quinn visited the parliament and met with the Speaker of the National Assembly. Regarding the visit, the information posted on the Facebook page of the US Embassy in Armenia is quite interesting. “Ahead of the June 11 US-RA strategic dialogue closing session and Deputy Secretary O’Brien’s visit, US Ambassador Christina Quinn met with National Assembly Speaker Allen Simonyan today to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation in a number of areas, including legislative bodies.”
Apparently, the emphasis on the circumstance preceding the concluding session of the Armenian-American strategic dialogue and the visit of the Deputy Secretary of State James O’Brien is not only chronological in its meaning. It should be assumed that there are issues on the agenda that imply a certain role for the Armenian Parliament. It is difficult to say what nature these questions are. Are they related to the bilateral relationship or to the foreign agenda concerning Armenia, the perspective of Armenian-American cooperation and strategic dialogue depends on one or another of its development?
Of course, it should not be excluded that in the context of the visit of a high-ranking American diplomat to Armenia, an attempt was made to touch the mood of the parliament regarding the internal political realities of Armenia, taking into account the fact that the holding of a high-ranking American diplomat was actually combined with the Armenian-American strategic dialogue session unfolding in the domestic political field in Armenia. with the new wave of developments. And there, of course, the logic of events unfolds at least around the parliament. It is not necessary to rule out the fact of a certain interconnection and interaction of internal and external motives, and the visit of the US ambassador to the parliament.
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