PRIME MINISTER SERZH SARKISIAN ATTENDS WB AND IMF ANNUAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

ARMENPRESS
Oct 23, 2007

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 23, ARMENPRESS: The government press office in
Yerevan said on October 22 prime minister Serzh Sarkisian participated
in the annual meeting of board of directors of the World Bank and
International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.

The press office said later that day prime minister Serzh Sarkisian met
with Karo Armenian, a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s
Bureau for discussion of a set of questions of bilateral interest.

The same day Serzh Sarkisian met with Ken Wallack, chairman of the
American National Democratic Institute and presented the efforts of
the Armenian government aimed at improving electoral processes and
political landscape. The Armenian prime minister also spoke about
economic reforms.

On October 22 Sarkisian met with Harry Reed, chairman of the Congress
majority and Senator Richard Durbin. Their meeting focused on bilateral
cooperation.

Senator Reed referred to the process of approving a resolution by a
House committee that recognizes the killings of 1.5 million Armenians
by the Ottoman Turkey as a genocide.

The Armenian prime minister conveyed the gratitude of Armenian
authorities and the people to the US Congress for their continued
support to Armenia and its people since it became independent.

At the end of that day Sarkisian gave an interview to Associated Press,
in which he referred to bilateral relations, economic and security
issues and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Today he is expected to meet with secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice
and a deputy secretary of state Ruben Geoffrey. He will also attend
a meeting of the Armenian Congressional Caucus and will proceed to
Paris after a reception at the Armenian embassy in Washington.