VAHAN HOVHANNISYAN MET WITH THE DEPUTY SPEAKER OF THE GREEK PARLIAMENT
Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 8 2006
Yetsreday in the Greek Parliament Deputy Speaker of RA National
Assembly Vahan Hovhannisyan met with the Deputy Chairman of the Greek
Parliament Georgios Surlas.
Vahan Hovhannisyan briefly presented the current situatuion in
Armenia. He expressed gratitude to the Parliament of Greece for
recognizing the Armenian Genocide in 1996.
For his part, Georgios Surlas referred to the policy of annihilation
of Armenians and Greeks in the Ottoman Empire.
The parties discussed also the activity of the Armenian-Greek
Parliamentary Friendship Group.
Vahan Hovhannisyan and NKR Foreign Minister Georgy Petrosyan are in
Greece to participate in the events dedicated to the 10th anniversary
of recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the Greek Parliament.