YEREVAN STRENGTHENS CONTACTS WITH RIO DE JANEIRO AND SAN-PAOLO – YEREVAN CITY HALL’S DELEGATION MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN CARNIVAL IN SAN-PAOLO

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2007-02-22 10:52:00

The delegation of Yerevan City Hall headed by the Vice Mayor of
Yerevan Vano Vardanyan, had been in Brazil on February 12-18 with
an official visit. As the Department of Information and Press of
RA Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo, the delegation also included
the RA parliamentarian, the member of Interparliamentary group of
Armenia-Brazil friendship Vladimir Badalyan.

According to the information, on February 13, the Armenian delegation
was received by the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Cesar Maia, who was given
a letter of the Yerevan Mayor Yervand Zakharyan with an invitation
to visit Armenia.

The issues of strengthening the contacts between Yerevan and Rio de
Janeiro were discussed. Two Protocols on friendship and cooperation
between the two cities were signed. Cesar Maia confirmed his intention
to visit Armenia in September, 2007. An agreement has been reached on
conduction of a week of Armenian cinema in Rio de Janeiro, as well as
on organizing a photo exhibition devoted to Yerevan. On February 15,
the Armenian delegation visited San-Paolo where it met with its Mayor
Jilberto Kasabi. The prospects of the cooperation development between
the tow cities in science, culture, tourism and strengthening the
business relations were discussed during negotiations. An agreement
has been reached to organize mutual visits of business groups in
the near future, to develop and implement different trade-economic
programs. Jilberto Kasabi accepted the proposal of the Armenian side
to sign an Agreement on the development of cooperation in different
spheres with satisfaction. The Armenian delegation has also visited
the Armenian Consulate General in San-Paolo, the Armenian church of
Surb Gevork. The last day of the visit, the delegation members were
also present at the carnival in San-Paolo.