INTERNATIONAL JEWELERS’ FORUM TO KICK OFF IN ARMENIA IN OCTOBER

ARKA News Agency, Armenia
July 23 2007

YEREVAN, July 23. /ARKA/. An international jewelers’ forum will be
held in Armenia in October, Gagik Lazarian, head of the department
for precious stones and jewelry, run by the Ministry of Trade and
Economic Development, told reporters Monday.

According to him, the forum participants will be both local gold
makers and representatives of the Diaspora and foreign experts. The
forum also plans to include a jewellery exhibition.

The forum is organized by the International Union of Gold Makers of
Armenia, led by Gagik Abrahamyan, president of the Armenian-Swiss
Diamond Company.

A large jewelers’ world-famous forum was first held in Armenia in
September 2003 within the frameworks of the First Armenia-Diaspora
Economic Forum.