RA CONSUL GENERAL IN BRAZIL HANDS MAYOR OF RIO DE JANEIRO INVITATION
OF YEREVAN MAYOR

RIO DE JANEIRO, JULY 28, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Issues
relating to the development of cooperation between Armenia and Brazil,
establishment of direct ties between the two countries’ presidents and
cities were discussed at the July 26 meeting of the Rio de Janeiro
Mayor Cesar Maia and RA Consul General in Rio de Janeiro Ashot
Yeghiazarian. The secretaries on social issues, culture and tourism
and the head of the protocol of city government also took part in the
meeting.

As Noyan Tapan was informed from the Press and Information Department
of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ashot Yeghiazarian handed Cesar
Maia the letter of Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharian, by which the
latter invites the Brazilian counterpart to Armenia to get acquainted
with the life of the country and its capital, to discuss issues of
mutual interest and to sign an agreement on cooperation between the
two cities.

Accepting the invitation to visit Armenia with pleasure, the mayor of
Rio de Janeiro highly estimated the suggestion of the Yerevan mayor
and assured that his government will make the necessary efforts to
establish and develope the mutually beneficial relations of the two
cities in spheres of culture, tourism, trade-ecomony and in other
spheres.