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    PRESS RELEASE
    May 13, 2005
    Embassy of the Republic of Armenia
    2225 R Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
    Tel: 202-319-1976, x. 348; Fax: 202-319-2982
    Email: [email protected] ;Web: www.armeniaemb.org


    Kansas National Guard General Meets Armenian Ambassador, Presents
    Governor's Proclamation

    On May 10, 2005, Maj Gen (KS) Tod M. Bunting, the Adjutant General of
    Kansas, and a delegation of senior military officials from the Kansas
    National Guard visited the Embassy of Armenia to discuss the military
    cooperation and the upcoming visit of State of Kansas senior officials and
    Kansas National Guard to Armenia. In his capacity as Adjutant General of
    Kansas, General Bunting heads the Kansas National Guard and serves as
    Director of Homeland Security.

    The Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia and the State of Kansas National
    Guard have established a State Partnership Program, as part of the overall
    durable and constructive relationship between the Armed Forces of the United
    States of America and the Republic of Armenia. The State Partnership Program
    between Armenian Army and Kansas National Guard will now be complemented by
    active cooperation on the civilian side as well. President of the Kansas
    State Senate, members of the Kansas legislature and state executives will
    visit Armenia at the end of May to discuss economic and commercial
    cooperation between Kansas and Armenia.

    During his meeting with Ambassador of Armenia to the U.S. Tatoul Markarian,
    General Bunting formally presented the Proclamation of the Governor of
    Kansas, which declared April 24, 2005 the Armenian Remembrance Day in
    commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. In April,
    the State of Kansas became the 38th American state to have given proper
    recognition to the Armenian Genocide.

    Ambassador Markarian noted the strategic importance of the cooperation
    between the Kansas National Guard and Armenian Armed Forces, and hailed the
    beginning of a more comperehensive relationship between Kansas and Armenia.
    The Armenian Ambassador expressed his appreciation for the Governor's
    Proclamation on the Armenian Genocide.
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