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PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN HAILS AGREEMENT BETWEEN ARMENIA AND KUWAITI CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
ARKA
Nov 5, 2009
YEREVAN, November 5, /ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan hailed
a cooperation agreement signed between Armenian and Kuwaiti chambers
of commerce and industry, the presidential press office told ARKA. The
agreement was signed during President Sargsyan's visit to Kuwait.
Sargsyan welcomed the agreement during a meeting with the chairman of
Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ali Mohammad Thunian al-Danim.
An agreement was reached that a delegation of Kuwaiti Chamber of
Commerce and Industry will pay a visit to Armenia to look into its
investment potential and explore cooperation prospects. Ali Mohammad
Thunian al-Danim invited Armenian businessmen to take part in Kuwaiti
five-year development plan.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan arrived on a two-day state visit to
the State of Kuwait on Tuesday. His delegation comprised the Minister
of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Finance Tigran
Davtian, Minister of Diaspora Affairs Hranush Hakopian, Minister of
Culture Hasmik Pogossian, Minister of Education and Science Armen
Ashotian, Chairman of the Armenia-Kuwait parliamentary group Vahan
Hovannissian, Chairman of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Arsen Ghazarian, and Chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Chamber
Martin Sarkissian.
This was the first visit of the President of Armenia to a Gulf state
since Armenia's independence. At the international airport of Kuwait,
the President of Armenia was welcomed by the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh
Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah, the Crown Prince of Kuwait Nawaf
Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and other members of the country's
leadership.
On the first day of the visit, the President of Armenia met with the
Speaker of the National Assembly of Kuwait Jassem Mohammad al-Kharafi
and the Prime Minister of Kuwait Nasir Al-Muhammad Al-Ahamd Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah. President Sargsyan also met with the Chairman of the Kuwait
Investment Authority Bader Muhammad Al-Sahadin and the Chairman of
the Economic Development Fund Abdulwahab Ahmad al-Bader.
In the end of the day the President of Armenia and the Emir of Kuwait
had a meeting, after which the Republic of Armenia and the State
of Kuwait signed a number of documents on bilateral cooperation. At
the conclusion of the day, the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad
al-Jaber Al Sabah gave a state dinner in honor of the President
of Armenia.
On the second day of his visit, the President of Armenia visited the
Science Center of Kuwait and met with the President of the Commerce
and Industry Chamber of Kuwait Ali Mohammad Thunian al-Danim.
In the afternoon, the delegation headed by the President of Armenia
returned to Yerevan.
ARKA
Nov 5, 2009
YEREVAN, November 5, /ARKA/. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan hailed
a cooperation agreement signed between Armenian and Kuwaiti chambers
of commerce and industry, the presidential press office told ARKA. The
agreement was signed during President Sargsyan's visit to Kuwait.
Sargsyan welcomed the agreement during a meeting with the chairman of
Kuwaiti Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ali Mohammad Thunian al-Danim.
An agreement was reached that a delegation of Kuwaiti Chamber of
Commerce and Industry will pay a visit to Armenia to look into its
investment potential and explore cooperation prospects. Ali Mohammad
Thunian al-Danim invited Armenian businessmen to take part in Kuwaiti
five-year development plan.
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan arrived on a two-day state visit to
the State of Kuwait on Tuesday. His delegation comprised the Minister
of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Finance Tigran
Davtian, Minister of Diaspora Affairs Hranush Hakopian, Minister of
Culture Hasmik Pogossian, Minister of Education and Science Armen
Ashotian, Chairman of the Armenia-Kuwait parliamentary group Vahan
Hovannissian, Chairman of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs
Arsen Ghazarian, and Chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Chamber
Martin Sarkissian.
This was the first visit of the President of Armenia to a Gulf state
since Armenia's independence. At the international airport of Kuwait,
the President of Armenia was welcomed by the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh
Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah, the Crown Prince of Kuwait Nawaf
Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and other members of the country's
leadership.
On the first day of the visit, the President of Armenia met with the
Speaker of the National Assembly of Kuwait Jassem Mohammad al-Kharafi
and the Prime Minister of Kuwait Nasir Al-Muhammad Al-Ahamd Al-Jaber
Al-Sabah. President Sargsyan also met with the Chairman of the Kuwait
Investment Authority Bader Muhammad Al-Sahadin and the Chairman of
the Economic Development Fund Abdulwahab Ahmad al-Bader.
In the end of the day the President of Armenia and the Emir of Kuwait
had a meeting, after which the Republic of Armenia and the State
of Kuwait signed a number of documents on bilateral cooperation. At
the conclusion of the day, the Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad
al-Jaber Al Sabah gave a state dinner in honor of the President
of Armenia.
On the second day of his visit, the President of Armenia visited the
Science Center of Kuwait and met with the President of the Commerce
and Industry Chamber of Kuwait Ali Mohammad Thunian al-Danim.
In the afternoon, the delegation headed by the President of Armenia
returned to Yerevan.