RA FOREIGN MINISTER PAYS WORKING VISIT TO CANADA

AZG Armenian Daily
19/10/2006

The Press Service of Ra Foreign Ministry informed that Vartan Oskanian,
RA Foreign Minister, has left for Canada to pay a working visit. It’s
worth mentioning that the meeting of Mr. Oskanian with the members of
the Armenian-Canadian Friendship Parliamentary group, as well as with
the representatives of the Armenian community of Canada is envisaged to
take place on October 18. Ra Foreign Minister will arrive in Toronto
on October 19. Here, he is expected to hold a speech at "Peace and
Creation of Development Opportunities: Role of Diaspora" International
Conference. The conference is initiated by the UN University of Peace.

Sheikh Haya Rashed Al Khalifa, Secretary General of the 61st UN
General Assembly, will hold an opening speech for the participants
of the conference.

It is scheduled that on October 21, Mr. Oskanian will leave from Canada
for the USA. He will speak in Washington as the chief reporter at an
event initiated by RA Embassy. The festive event will be dedicated
to the 15th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Armenia.

On the next day, RA Foreign Minister will depart to Paris, where he
is going to meet with the Azeri Foreign Minister Eldar Mamediarov. He
will also hold another meeting with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs
on October 24.