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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S SINGAPORE VISIT KICKS OFF WITH ORCHID NAMING CEREMONY
news.am
March 28, 2012 | 10:34
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday headed from Seoul to
Singapore on a state visit.
Sargsyan's Singapore visit agenda commenced on Wednesday morning,
and his first stop-over was at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, where
an orchid naming ceremony took place.
This is a Singaporean ceremony in honor of high-level guests and
personalities, and the reason is that the orchid-more specifically, its
type called "Vanda Miss Joaquim"-is the national flower of Singapore.
But Armenian President's attendance to this ceremony had another
meaning, too. And the reason is because Vanda Miss Joaquim was
discovered by Armenian botanist Agnes Joaquim (Ashkhen Hovagimian),
and it was named after her.
And because of this fact, Armenia's President wrote the following
in the Gardens' Book of Honorable Guests: "May this beautiful flower
also become a symbol of the Armenian-Singaporean lasting friendship."
news.am
March 28, 2012 | 10:34
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan on Tuesday headed from Seoul to
Singapore on a state visit.
Sargsyan's Singapore visit agenda commenced on Wednesday morning,
and his first stop-over was at the Singapore Botanic Gardens, where
an orchid naming ceremony took place.
This is a Singaporean ceremony in honor of high-level guests and
personalities, and the reason is that the orchid-more specifically, its
type called "Vanda Miss Joaquim"-is the national flower of Singapore.
But Armenian President's attendance to this ceremony had another
meaning, too. And the reason is because Vanda Miss Joaquim was
discovered by Armenian botanist Agnes Joaquim (Ashkhen Hovagimian),
and it was named after her.
And because of this fact, Armenia's President wrote the following
in the Gardens' Book of Honorable Guests: "May this beautiful flower
also become a symbol of the Armenian-Singaporean lasting friendship."