ARMINFO News Agency
September 21, 2005

UAE DELEGATION TO VISIT ARMENIA NEXT WEEK

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 21. ARMINFO. A delegation from the UAE will visit
Armenia next week, informed the representative of the Supreme Council
of the United Arab Emirates, Sharjah Emir Sheikh Dr. Sultan Bin
Mohammad al-Kasimi at Matenadaran, the depository of ancient Armenian
manuscripts, Sept 21. He stressed that issues of deepening bilateral
cooperation in economy, science and culture will be discussed during
the meetings.

Al Kasimi has seen the museum presented with 17.000 manuscripts, 700
of them in Arab language. The Matenadaran Director Sen Arevshatyan
presented the quest a book on horses’ health, probably, because
al-Kasimi is a big horse-fancier.

Sharjah Emir congratulated Armenian people on the Independence Day
and named symbolic the conduction of the Day of UAE culture in
Armenia just this time. He wished Armenia’s authorities to overcome
all the difficulties preventing country’s full development.

Al-Kasimi is leaving Armenia today.