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August 19, 2005

Raffi Hovannisian-Kostas Karamanlis Consultations

Athens–Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos A. Karamanlis received
Armenia’s first Minister of Foreign Affairs Raffi K. Hovannisian at
his government office here today.

Karamanlis and Hovannisian, who studied together at the Fletcher School
of Law and Diplomacy 25 years ago, deliberated on a full agenda of
issues ranging from regional security and European integration to
domestic developments and the bilateral relationship between the
Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Armenia.

Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis is chairman of the New Democracy
Party of Greece. Raffi Hovannisian, who is founder of the Armenian
Center for National and International Studies () and
the National Citizens’ Initiative (), currently chairs the
Heritage Party of Armenia ().