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Program of Chirac Visit to Armenia Confirmed
16.09.2006 13:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ French President Jacques Chirac will pay tree-day
official visit to Armenia September 29, Armenian Ambassador to France
Edvard Nalbandyan stated in an interview with the Public TV Company of
Armenia. `Chirac is arriving in the region for the first time and he
will visit only Armenia,’ the diplomat said, adding the visit program
is already confirmed. In his words, Chirac will be accompanied by his
spouse Bernadette Chirac.

`The French delegation will include ministers, MPs, Senators, state
and political figures, businessmen, culture figures,’ Nalbandyan
reported. Official talks of the presidents, as well as meetings of
French ministers with their Armenian counterparts are planned in the
course of the visit, he said. He specially noted two events in the
program of Chirac’s visit. `These are the opening of the Square of
France and Charles Aznavour concert in the Republic Square in Yerevan
on September 30, which will open the Year of Armenia in France,’
Nalbandyan said. Chirac’s visit will finish October 1.