YEREVAN, AUGUST 15, NOYAN TAPAN. The event dedicated to the 45th anniversary of the U.S. Peace Corps (PC) and the oath ceremony of the PC 46-member group arrived in Armenia, took place in Yerevan on August 14. According to PC Director Patrick Hart, the volunteers' group that will undergo its service in Armenia during the coming two years, participated in the preparatory courses organized in Vanadzor. He also mentioned that more than 500 volunteers having undergone service in Armenia from 1992 up today had a goal to present the American values and culture to the Armenian society as well as to get acquainted with the Armenian culture, to study the Armenian language. According to the estimation of John Evans, the US Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to RA, the cooperation taking place in any sphere between Armenia and the U.S. assists development and strengthening of prosperity and democracy in Armenia. According to his words, that cooperation is based on the human and ideological generality in the two countries' relations. RA Minister of Education and Science Levon Mkrtchian, RA Deputy Minister of Nature Protection Hakob Matilian and RA Deputy Minister of Health Care Tatul Hakobian appreciated the role and meaning of activity promoted by the U.S. Peace Corps in Armenia. They also mentioned that the PC activity is based on the best traditions of the U.S. Constitution and democratic ideology. And according to words of Salpi Ghazarian, the RA Foreign Minister's Special Assistant, the main mission of the PC Armenian volunteers is "to bring America to Armenia and to take Armenia to America."

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