PRESIDENT HYON AWARDED ARA ABRAHAMIAN WITH THE HIGHEST SOUTH KOREAN AWARD

Azg/am
2 Oct 04

South Korean delegation headed by president of the republic No Mu Hyon
had a 4-day official visit to Moscow recently.

Ara Abrahamian, president of the World Armenian Congress and chairman
of the Russian-Korean Business Board, participated in all the official
visits together with the Russian side.

On September 21 president Hyon awarded Ara Abrahamian the highest
award of the South Korean Republic for cementing friendship of the two
states and for his active involvement in different branches of
economy.

After the ceremony of awarding in the Kremlin, president Hyon
underscored that active economic relations between the states were
triggered off by the chairman of the Russian-Korean Business Board.

Having received the award, Ara Abrahamian left to join the first
sitting of the Russian-Korean Business Board.

In his greeting speech to the participants Ara Abrahamian said that
the purpose of the Business Board is to promote cooperation of Russian
and South Korean businessmen and that new perspectives opened after
Putin-Hyon meeting. “Today the Board is able to undertake economic,
industrial and investment projects of vital importance”, he said.

In the evening Ara Abrahamian hosted the president of “Samsung”
corporation Vu Tayk Chung. They emphasized the importance of a new
document on future cooperation signed by Russian and South Korean
presidents.

The Russian-Korean business forum got under way in the President Hotel
on September 22. Issues concerning energetics, finances, transport and
new technologies were on the agenda.

The Organization of Russian-Korean Friendship organized reception at
the President Hotel in honor of the Korean president and his wife.

Expressing his gratitude for a warm welcome, No Mu Hyon underlined Ara
Abrahamian’s contribution in the development of bilateral relationsand
said that he chose Russia due to the efforts of his friend Ara
Abrahamian. President Hyon offered a toast for the head of the
Russia-Korean Business Board.

By Hamlet Ghushian from Moscow