Source: Panorama.am

22:44 13/12/2007

EMIRATES PROVIDE 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO RESTORE ARPA-SEVAN

The president of Armenia left for the United Arabian Emirates for the
labor visit, and today the Armenian delegation returns
Yerevan. According to Irina Ghulinyan, an employee of the president’s
staff public relations and information department, all the scheduled
meetings took place.

The president met with Sheikh Khalifa ben Zayid Al Nahyan, the
president of the UAE, and Sheikh Muhhamad Ben Rashid Al-Maktumi, the
Prime Minister and the manager of Dubai. He also took part in the
opening ceremony of the new embassy in the UAE. They made an agreement
to provide a building to construct the UAE embassy in Armenia. Note
that the diplomatic relations between these two countries were created
in 1998.

Today Robert Kocharyan has a meeting assigned with Sheikh Saud ben
Sakr Al Kasim the prince of Ras Al Khaymay, and deputy
manager. According to the Arabic media a contract was assigned between
our government and the development foundation of Abu Dab and 10mln.
Dollars will be disposed to restore the Arpa – Sevan tunnel.

Note that the delegation left for the UAE in December 11