ROMANIAN PRESIDENT BASESCU ARRIVES IN YEREVAN ON OFFICIAL VISIT

Noyan Tapan News Agency, Armenia
Oct 4 2006

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 4, NOYAN TAPAN. On October 4, Romanian President
Traian Basescu arrived in Armenia on an official visit, at the
invitation of RA President Robert Kocharian. Andranik Manukian,
RA Minister of Transport and Communication, Co-chairman of Mixed
Commission on Trade-Economic and Scientific-Technical Cooperation
between Armenia and Romania, met the Romanian President at Zvartnots
airport of Yerevan.

The same day official meeting ceremony of Romanian President will
take place at RA President’s residence, which will be followed by
R.Kocharian’s and T.Basescu’s tete-a-tete talk.

Ceremony of signing documents between the two countries’ governments
on cooperation in different spheres will take place after the meeting
of the official delegations by an extended staff. The Armenian and
Romanian Presidents will hold a joint press conference.

Today T.Basescu will also visit the Genocide Memorial Complex, will
lay a wreath to the memorial to Genocide victims, will visit the
Genocide Museum, will plant a tree in the Memory Park.

On October 5, the Romanian President will meet with Prime Minister
Andranik Margarian, will be received by Catholicos of All Armenians
Karekin II. The same day T.Basescu will have a meeting with lecturers
and students of Yerevan State University.

The same day the delegation led by the Romanian President will leave
Yerevan.