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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT AND FIVE MINISTERS TO PAY STATE VISIT TO HUNGARY
Noyan Tapan
Nov 9, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan will go on a state visit to Hungary on November 8. The
delegation headed by the president is composed of five ministers of
the RA: Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Diaspora Ms.
Hranush Hakobian, Minister of Justice Gevorg Danelian, Minister
of Culture Ms. Hasmik Poghosian, Minister of Agriculture Gerasim
Alaverdian, as well as Head of the Armenian-Hungarian Friendship Group
of the RA National Assembly Gagik Melikian, and other high-ranking
officials.
According to a report of the RA presidential press service, the
Armenian delegation is expected to arrive in Budapest late November 8.
On November 9, an official welcoming ceremony of the Armenian
president will take place in the Hungarian president's residence to
be followed by a tete-a-tete talk of Serzh Sargsyan and Laslo Solyom,
after which an enlarged meeting of the delegations will be held with
the participation of the two presidents. A number of agreements are
expected to be signed between the governments of the two countries.
Then the presidents of Armenia and Hungary will make a statement for
the press. On the same day President Sargsyan will also meet with
Speaker of the Hungarian parliament Bela Katona.
S. Sargsyan will visit Heroes' Square in Budapest to lay a wreath at
the memorial complex. He will also lay a wreath at the khachkar in
memory of the Armenian Genocide victims in Petefi Square.
Later on the same day an official dinner in honor of Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan will be given on behalf of Hungarian President Laslo
Solyom. On November 10, Serzh Sargsyan is scheduled to meet with Peter
Cardinal Erdo and Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, then with
the participants of the Armenia-Hungary business forum. S. Sargsyan
will go and see the sights of Budapest. He together with L. Solyom will
also visit the Military History Museum in Budapest. In the second part
of the day, President Sarsgyan will leave Budapest and pay a short
working visit to Kaliningrad, Russia, at the invitation of Governor
of Kaliningrad Region Georgy Boos. In Kaliningrad, S. Sargsyan will
meet with the governor, then with members of the local Armenian
community. He will also attend the opening ceremony of an Armenian
cultural center and lay flowers at the Armenian khachkar.
The Armenian president will return to Yerevan on November 11.
Noyan Tapan
Nov 9, 2009
YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 9, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan will go on a state visit to Hungary on November 8. The
delegation headed by the president is composed of five ministers of
the RA: Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Diaspora Ms.
Hranush Hakobian, Minister of Justice Gevorg Danelian, Minister
of Culture Ms. Hasmik Poghosian, Minister of Agriculture Gerasim
Alaverdian, as well as Head of the Armenian-Hungarian Friendship Group
of the RA National Assembly Gagik Melikian, and other high-ranking
officials.
According to a report of the RA presidential press service, the
Armenian delegation is expected to arrive in Budapest late November 8.
On November 9, an official welcoming ceremony of the Armenian
president will take place in the Hungarian president's residence to
be followed by a tete-a-tete talk of Serzh Sargsyan and Laslo Solyom,
after which an enlarged meeting of the delegations will be held with
the participation of the two presidents. A number of agreements are
expected to be signed between the governments of the two countries.
Then the presidents of Armenia and Hungary will make a statement for
the press. On the same day President Sargsyan will also meet with
Speaker of the Hungarian parliament Bela Katona.
S. Sargsyan will visit Heroes' Square in Budapest to lay a wreath at
the memorial complex. He will also lay a wreath at the khachkar in
memory of the Armenian Genocide victims in Petefi Square.
Later on the same day an official dinner in honor of Armenian President
Serzh Sargsyan will be given on behalf of Hungarian President Laslo
Solyom. On November 10, Serzh Sargsyan is scheduled to meet with Peter
Cardinal Erdo and Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, then with
the participants of the Armenia-Hungary business forum. S. Sargsyan
will go and see the sights of Budapest. He together with L. Solyom will
also visit the Military History Museum in Budapest. In the second part
of the day, President Sarsgyan will leave Budapest and pay a short
working visit to Kaliningrad, Russia, at the invitation of Governor
of Kaliningrad Region Georgy Boos. In Kaliningrad, S. Sargsyan will
meet with the governor, then with members of the local Armenian
community. He will also attend the opening ceremony of an Armenian
cultural center and lay flowers at the Armenian khachkar.
The Armenian president will return to Yerevan on November 11.