FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER OF ARGENTINA VISITS ARMENIA
By Ara Martirosian

AZG Armenian Daily #156, 02/09/2005

Rafael Bielsa, foreign minister of Argentina, visited Armenia. Within
the framework of his official visit, Mr. Bielsa visited “Zvartnots”
airport, which is owned by “Corporacion America” Argentinean
company. Mr. Eduardo Ernekian, head of the company, accompanied the
Argentinean foreign minister during his visit.

The Argentinean guests walked in the airport and watched the
construction of the airport’s new terminal. The construction of the new
building will be completed till 2008. “Corporacion America” will invest
$105 million for that. This will be the first part of the investment
program of the airport that amounts to $230 million in total. The
arrival halls of the new building will function by the autumn of 2006.

The airport will be equipped with new equipment and the
security systems that keep in line with the highest international
criteria. Particularly, they showed the new security equipment that
defines the identity of the passengers by their fingerprints.

Rafael Bielsa and Vartan Oskanian, RA foreign minister, gave a short
press conference after their visit to the airport. The ministers
touched upon the official meetings of the past two days. Mr. Bielsa
pointed out his visits to the airport and to the Argentinean school
among the unofficial meetings. He said he was especially touched to
see two little children dance Argentinean tango in a country that is
so far from his motherland.

The ministers also said that they agreed to construct the Embassy of
Argentina to Armenia. Though the place of the Embassy hasn’t been
defined yet, the Ambassador of Argentina to Armenia has already
been appointed.

As for the Armenian-Argentinean relations, Mr. Bielsa said that the
Argentinean Armenians are more Argentineans, while he became more
Armenian when he visited Armenia. He added that the relations between
our countries are more than wonderful.