Yerevan hosts US-Armenia Local Democracy Forum

p YEREVAN, June 17. /ARKA/. The US-Armenia Local Democracy Forum started in Yerevan on Monday. /p p US Deputy Secretary of State Richard R. Verma and Armenia’s President Vahagn Khachaturyan opened the US-Armenia Local Democracy Forum on June 17 in Yerevan, the US Department of State reported on Monday. The Forum, which is the first of its kind, brings together US and Armenian mayors and regional, state, and provincial leaders for a two-day exchange about what it means to be a local leader in a democracy.