VICE PRESIDENT SHEKHAWAT MEETS ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

Rediff, India
Oct 6 2005

Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat on Thursday had a meeting with
Armenian President Robert Kocharian soon after arriving in Yerevan
on a two-day visit, which is expected to give a major impetus to
relations between the two countries.

The Vice President flew to Yerevan from Minsk on the third leg of his
three-nation tour that earlier took him to Romania and Belarus. He
was received warmly by Vahan Hovhannisyan, Deputy Chairperson of
the National Assembly of Armenia, and Michael Carvardanyan of the
Armenia-India Parliamentary group.

Soon after his arrival, the Vice President had a meeting with
Kocharian. This is the first ever Indian Vice Presidential visit
to this Commonwealth of Independent States country, which is the
smallest of the nations that came into existence after the break-up
of the Soviet Union in 1991.

During his visit, the Vice President will be addressing the national
assembly of Armenia. On Friday, he will be conferred honorary degree
by Yerevian State Medical University where some 400 Indian students
are studying.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress