PRESIDENT KOCHARYAN LEAVING FOR THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

armradio.am
11.12.2007 10:08

President Robert Kocharyan will leave for the United Arab Emirates
today for a working visit, President’s Press Office reports.

The delegation headed by the President comprises RA Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian, Minister of Trade and Economic Development Nerses
Yeritsyan, Head of the President’s Staff Armen Gevorgyan, President
of the State Tax Committee Gagik Khachatryan, other officials.

December 12 in Abu Dhabi RA President Robert Kocharyan is expected to
meet with the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Khalifa
ibn Zaid Al Nahayan, following which Mr. Kocharyan will meet with
UAE Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Robert Kocharyan will also meet with the Director General of the
Abu Dhabi Development Fund Ahmad Al Mazru and will attend the solemn
ceremony of opening of the Armenian Embassy in The United Arab Emirates
and will met with representatives of the local Armenian community.

Agreements on bilateral cooperation in the spheres of agriculture,
tourism, air communication will be signed in the framework of the
meeting.

On the last day of the visit Robert Kocharyan will leave for Ras al
Khayma, where he will meet with Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler Shaikh
Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi.

The delegation headed by President Kocharyan will return to Yerevan
on December 13.