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ARKA News Agency – 07/07/2004

ARKA News Agency
July 7 2004

EU Commissar Janosh Potoshnik to arrive in Armenia today

RA President Robert Kocharian studies the condition of Armenian
Diaspora in Komi

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EU COMMISSAR JANOSH POTOSHNIK TO ARRIVE IN ARMENIA TODAY

YEREVAN, July 7. /ARKA/. Janosh Potoshnik, the EU Commissar will
arrive today in Armenia with a two-day official visit in frames of
visiting the South Caucasus countries, according to the Yerevan
office of European Commission Delegation in Armenia and Georgia. In
the frames of the official visit, Potoshnik will have a number of
meetings with official persons, in particular with RA President and
Prime-Minister, representatives of opposition, society and business
circles, journalists and students. The presentation of EU financed
program `European Neighborhood Initiative’ will be presented, where
the EU Commissar will explain the importance of this initiative. `The
inclusion of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan in this program is the
evidence of EU readiness to assist the countries of South Caucasus on
their way to the establishment of a stable society based on
democratic values’, he said. Potoshnik visited Georgia on July 5-6
and Azerbaijan on July 6-7.
It should be mentioned that the foreign ministers of 25 EU member
states made a decision to include Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan in
the European Neighborhood Initiative at the session in Luxemburg on
June 14. L.V –0–

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RA PRESIDENT ROBERT KOCHARIAN STUDIES THE CONDITION OF ARMENIAN
DIASPORA IN KOMI

YEREVAN, July 7. /ARKA/. The RA President Robert Kocharian
familiarized himself with the condition of Armenians living in Komi
during his non-official visit to this Northern republic. As
Komiinform agency informs, referring to the Press Service Department
of Komi Government, during his meeting with Diaspora representative
in Syktivkar, Kocharian expressed interest concerning the condition
of Armenians in Komi, who are going to form a structural organization
soon.
According to Sargis Manasaryants, the Head of Trade and Industrial
Chamber of the republic, today the representatives of Armenian
Diaspora are involved in almost any sphere in Komi – educational,
medical, business, tourism. Vladimir Torlopov, the Head of the region
also took part in the meeting. L.V. –0 –

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

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