GOVERNOR OF VENETO HIGHLY ESTIMATES INITIATIVE OF HOLDING
ITALIA-ARMENIA FRIENDSHIP DAYS IN ARMENIA

VENICE, JULY 22, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Ruben Shugarian, the
Ambassador of Armenia to Italy visited Venice on July 18, where he met
with Giancarlo Galan, the Governor of Veneto. The goal of the meeting
was to discuss holding of Italia-Armenia Friendship Days in Armenia in
autumn, bearing in mind that display of treasures of the Venice San
Lazzarro (Surb Ghazar) Island took the central place among those great
cultural events. Giancarlo Galan highly estimated that initiative
mentioning that the Governor’s Office of Veneto is ready to have
practical participation in the events, and accepted Shugarian’s
invitation to visit Armenia during those days with pleasure. Yeghia
Kilaghbian, the General Abbot of the Mechitarist Congregation was also
present at the meeting. As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA Foreign
Ministry’s Press and Information Department, before that, on July 13,
Ambassador Shugarian met in Rome with Anna Blefari-Melazzi, the
Director General for Cultural Promotion and Cooperation of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iatly, as well. Issues concerning
holding of the Italia-Armenia Friendship Days were discussed at the
meeting.