ArmInfo. No matter which party wins presidential elections in the USA, the country's foreign policy will remain 80% the same, US Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills stated in Yerevan today touching upon possible changes in Armenian-US relations after the presidential elections.
American values, national interests and our friends do not change when new president is elected. 20% of changes in foreign policy are defined by the incumbent president's preferences. For example the issue of women's rights was among priorities during Clinton's presidency, while when Bush was president special attention was paid to the issues of fighting HIV, the US diplomat noted.
At the same time he stressed that no matter who wins elections one should wait to see the changes, only after January 20 it will be clear what kind of changes will be made.
The USA will continue to fulfill its obligations to its friends and Armenia is surely among them. Providing assistance to Armenia aimed at its development into an independent, prosperous country living in peace with its neighbors will remain among the USA's priority issues. We will remain Armenia's stable and reliable partner and will continue joint work aimed at building prosperous Armenia, Mills said.
To note, according to preliminary results Republican Donald Trump has won elections in the USA, receiving 276 electoral votes, while Hillary Clinton got only 218. 57 040 030 people have voted for Trump and 56 029 966 for Clinton