Today Ambassador Heffern met with some members of the Armenian Yezidi community at the U.S. Embassy. They discussed the current situation for Yezidis in Iraq and the U.S. involvement there.
The Shengavit Preserve is under the jurisdiction of the director of the Erebouni Museum, Mr. Gagik Gyurjyan. Erebouni’s director receives government funding to maintain three archaeological sites: Erebouni, Garmir Blur, and Shengavit.
In the video clip below, US Ambassador to Armenia John Heffern calls on the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan to renew their efforts to find a peaceful negotiated resolution of the Karabakh conflict.
Residents of one of Yerevan's many administrative districts have even offered to pay for an irrigation water system to water the trees in their yards; however, the municipality keeps postponing addressing the issue.