Ghukasian Welcomes Initiative Of Armenian Trade Chamber Of Sydney To

[Emil Lazarian]

GHUKASIAN WELCOMES INITIATIVE OF ARMENIAN TRADE CHAMBER OF SYDNEY TO ESTABLISH PRACTICAL RELATIONS WITH NKR

Noyan Tapan News Agency
Sept 29 2005

STEPANAKERT, SEPTEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Issues of
widening relations with the Armenian community of Australia and making
community representatives participants of processes of improvement
and development of NKR were discussed during the September 28 meeting
headed by NKR President Arkadi Ghukasian.

As Noyan Tapan was informed by the NKR President's acting Press
Secretary, Varuzhan Iskandarian, the NKR Permanent Representative
to Australia, Hakob Abulakian, an Australian Armenian businessman,
Mihran Abulakian, a businessman and the Deputy Chairman of the Armenian
Trade Chamber of Sydney, Australia, participated in the meeting.

President Arkadi Ghukasian welcame the initiative of the Sydney
Armenian Trade Chamber to establish practical relations with the
NKR and expressed a hope that the initiative will support economic
development of the republic.

Among other issues, participants of the meeting touched upon Australian
Armenian businessmen's programs to make great investments in the
sphere of NKR mountain industry. On behalf of the NKR authorities,
Arkadi Ghukasian expressed readiness to show necessary assistance
for their implementation.