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ARTSAKH PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEW SOUTH WALES DELEGATION
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Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
President Bako Sahakian with the New South Wales parliamentary
delegation
YEREVAN-Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakian received an official
delegation from the Australian state of New South Wales.
A wide range of issues related to the development of relations between
New South Wales and Artsakh were discussed during the meeting.
President Sahakian expressed gratitude to the authorities and people
of New South Wales for supporting Artsakh and de-facto recognizing
the independence of his country, adding that it was a significant
political and moral step on the path to the international recognition
of Artsakh and establishment of bilateral relations.
Both sides mentioned the existence of all the necessary conditions
for cooperation and resoluteness to work in this direction.
Deputy Speaker of the Artsakh Republic National Assembly Arthur
Tovmasyan, Artsakh Republic Permanent Representative in Australia
Varouzhan Iskandaryan, Armenian National Committee of Australia
representatives, and other officials took part in the meeting.
The seven-member delegation of the Australia's New South Wales
Parliament visited Dzidzernagapert, the Armenian Genocide Memorial in
Yerevan. As reported by Armenpress, 15 years after the recognition
of the Armenian Genocide, seven parliamentarians of the Upper
and Lower Houses of the New South Wales visited Dzidzernagapert
to commemorate the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide. The
Australian parliamentarians also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum
Institute and made a note in the register of honorary guests.
Members of the New South Wales delegation in Artsakh
The visit was initiated by the Armenian National Committee of
Australia. "The key aim of the visit is to provide the parliament
members, having made quite a considerable contribution to the Armenian
issue, with the opportunity to see Armenia, get acquainted with the
centuries-old Armenian culture and history and, upon their return,
to continue their pro-Armenian activities in Australia", said the
ANC Australia Executive Director Vache Kahramanian to Armenpress.
The delegation of the Australian parliamentarians, who arrived in
Armenia on July 12, held high-level meetings with the President of the
Republic of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian, the President of the National
Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, as
well as His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos
of All Armenians. Issues related to the further strengthening of
Armenian-Australian cooperation were discussed. Earlier, the ANC
Australia Executive Director Vache Kahramanian expressed his hope
that the meetings will give a new impetus to the Armenian-Australian
political, economic, and cultural relations.
In May, 2013, during an interview with the SBS radio station in
Australia, the Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, Rev.
Fred Nile touched upon the forthcoming visit to Armenia and stated
that he was "very excited and hopes for a warm reception".
The largest state of Australia - New South Wales - on April 17, 1997,
adopted a motion condemning the massacres that took place in the
Ottoman Empire, characterizing them as the first Genocide of the 20th
century. On May 1 and June 8, 2013, the Parliament adopted motions
recognizing the genocides of the Assyrians and Greeks and a motion
on the re-establishment of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
On October 25th, 2012, the Legislative Council of New South Wales
adopted a unanimous motion recognizing the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
and calling on the right to self-determination of its people.
This historic motion was the first in Australia and the third
internationally.
From: Baghdasarian
http://asbarez.com/111661/artsakh-president-welcomes-new-south-wales-delegation/
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
President Bako Sahakian with the New South Wales parliamentary
delegation
YEREVAN-Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakian received an official
delegation from the Australian state of New South Wales.
A wide range of issues related to the development of relations between
New South Wales and Artsakh were discussed during the meeting.
President Sahakian expressed gratitude to the authorities and people
of New South Wales for supporting Artsakh and de-facto recognizing
the independence of his country, adding that it was a significant
political and moral step on the path to the international recognition
of Artsakh and establishment of bilateral relations.
Both sides mentioned the existence of all the necessary conditions
for cooperation and resoluteness to work in this direction.
Deputy Speaker of the Artsakh Republic National Assembly Arthur
Tovmasyan, Artsakh Republic Permanent Representative in Australia
Varouzhan Iskandaryan, Armenian National Committee of Australia
representatives, and other officials took part in the meeting.
The seven-member delegation of the Australia's New South Wales
Parliament visited Dzidzernagapert, the Armenian Genocide Memorial in
Yerevan. As reported by Armenpress, 15 years after the recognition
of the Armenian Genocide, seven parliamentarians of the Upper
and Lower Houses of the New South Wales visited Dzidzernagapert
to commemorate the innocent victims of the Armenian Genocide. The
Australian parliamentarians also visited the Armenian Genocide Museum
Institute and made a note in the register of honorary guests.
Members of the New South Wales delegation in Artsakh
The visit was initiated by the Armenian National Committee of
Australia. "The key aim of the visit is to provide the parliament
members, having made quite a considerable contribution to the Armenian
issue, with the opportunity to see Armenia, get acquainted with the
centuries-old Armenian culture and history and, upon their return,
to continue their pro-Armenian activities in Australia", said the
ANC Australia Executive Director Vache Kahramanian to Armenpress.
The delegation of the Australian parliamentarians, who arrived in
Armenia on July 12, held high-level meetings with the President of the
Republic of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian, the President of the National
Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan, the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, as
well as His Holiness Karekin II, the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos
of All Armenians. Issues related to the further strengthening of
Armenian-Australian cooperation were discussed. Earlier, the ANC
Australia Executive Director Vache Kahramanian expressed his hope
that the meetings will give a new impetus to the Armenian-Australian
political, economic, and cultural relations.
In May, 2013, during an interview with the SBS radio station in
Australia, the Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, Rev.
Fred Nile touched upon the forthcoming visit to Armenia and stated
that he was "very excited and hopes for a warm reception".
The largest state of Australia - New South Wales - on April 17, 1997,
adopted a motion condemning the massacres that took place in the
Ottoman Empire, characterizing them as the first Genocide of the 20th
century. On May 1 and June 8, 2013, the Parliament adopted motions
recognizing the genocides of the Assyrians and Greeks and a motion
on the re-establishment of the recognition of the Armenian Genocide.
On October 25th, 2012, the Legislative Council of New South Wales
adopted a unanimous motion recognizing the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh
and calling on the right to self-determination of its people.
This historic motion was the first in Australia and the third
internationally.
From: Baghdasarian