SERGE SARGSIAN TO PRESIDE OVER AT 17th SITTING OF HAYASTAN ALL-ARMENIAN FUND’S BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Noyan Tapan

Ma y 19, 2008

YEREVAN, MAY 19, NOYAN TAPAN. Armenian President Serge Sargsian will
preside over at the 17th sitting of Board of Trustees of the Hayastan
All-Armenian Fund to be held on May 27 in Yerevan. NKR President
Bako Sahakian, Armenian and NKR Prime Ministers Tigran Sargsian and
Arayik Haroutiunian, Ministers Edward Nalbandian and Tigran Davtian,
will also take part in the annual sitting. They have been taking
these posts after the sitting held in June 2007 and are members of
Board of Trustees officially.

Vahe Aghabekiants, the Executive Director of the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund, will present Fund’s initiatives implemented in Armenia and
Artsakh, including those carried out within the framework of the
Rural Development Program.

According to the information provided by the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund, during the sitting, Fund’s long-term goals, short-term programs,
and urgent issues, as well as Fund’s coming fund-raising telethon’s
details will be discussed and decisions on them will be made.

On May 26, the eve of the sitting of Board of Trustees, a solemn
ceremony of awarding the RA President’s prizes will take place in
the RA President’s residence. The names of winners in 13 nominations
will be announced and the RA President personally will award the
prizes. The RA President’s prize is the considerable contribution of
Boghosian Fund to Armenia’s cultural life, since 2001.