Panarmenian.Net: US NEW EMBASSY BUILDING IN YEREVAN TO OPEN BY AUTUMN 2004

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The new building of the US embassy in Yerevan will
open in September 2004. US ambassador to Armenia John Ordway stated it
today. In his words,some 40 million US dollars will be spent on
construction of the new building, which will be located 4 kilometers
away from the capital center. The building will have 5 stories and will
occupy some 11 thousand square meters. As the ambassador noted, “after
the known events of September 11, the US embassies should be built in
compliance with special standards, namely – they should be away from
central streets due to the peril of possible explosions.” According to
J.Ordway’s words, the old embassy building will be sold.