ARMENIAN AIDE DETAILS NEW PRESIDENT’S INAUGURATION CEREMONY

Mediamax
April 8 2008
Armenia

Yerevan, 8 April: Representatives of 58 countries and 12 international
organizations will participate in the [9 April] inauguration ceremony
of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Spokesman of the Acting
President [Robert Kocharyan] Viktor Soghomonyan told Mediamax today.

Viktor Soghomonyan informed that, in particular, the following
officials will arrive in Yerevan: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
Matthew Bryza, Prime Minister of Georgia Vladimir [Lado] Gurgenidze,
Chairman of State Duma of RF [Russian Federation] Boris Gryzlov,
Head of Mejlis [parliament] of Turkmenistan Akja Nurberdiyewa,
Chairman of Czech Senate Premysl Sobotka, Energy Minister of Iran
Parviz Fattah, Secretary General of CSTO Nikolay Bordyuzha, Deputy
Chairman of Kazakhstan Senate Mukhambet Kopeyev, NATO Assistant
Secretary General Jean-Francois Bureau, Special Representative of the
European Union in the South Caucasus Peter Semneby, Special Envoy of
the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Heikki Talvitie.

According to the President’s Spokesman, the list of the guests from 58
countries and 12 international organizations is composed as of 16:00
[1100 gmt] of April 8.

The inauguration ceremony of the newly-elected Armenian President
will start at 14:00 [0900 gmt] on April 9 at the special session of
the National Assembly, which will proceed in the National Academic
Theatre of Opera and Ballet. The ceremony will last 45 minutes,
and will be followed by a solemn reception.