U.S. Ambassador to Armenia Marie Yovanovitch met with Levon-Ter Petrosyan, Armenia's first president, last evening. Ambassador Yovanovitch was accompanied by Political Affairs Advisor Steven Banks. According to the news source, issues discussed included the on-going normalization talks between Armenian and Turkey, settlement of the Karabakh conflict, the upcoming election for Yerevan City Council and the state of democracy in Armenia today, specifically the issue of political prisoners and the right to stage rallies. Implementation of the Millenium Challenge program was also broached. Also present at the meeting were HAK representatives Levon Zurabyan and Avetis Avagyan.