ARMENIA TO PARTICIPATE FOR FIRST TIME IN "ASIA SOCIETY" INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS FORUM

NOYAN TAPAN June 11, 2008

YEREVAN, JUNE 11, NOYAN TAPAN. The second international business forum
"Asia
Society" with the participation of high-ranking officials of various
international and regional organizations, and influential businessmen will
be held in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan, on June 12-14. The
Armenian delegation headed by the RA deputy foreign minister Gegham
Gharijanian will take part for the first time in the work of this business
forum.

Speeches will be made the president of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the
prime minister Q. Masimov and other officials.

According to the RA MFA Press and Information Department, during the forum,
commercial and investment opportunities of Kazakhstan will be discussed and
the tasks aimed at developing its economy and promoting its mutually
beneficial cooperation with other countries for making Kazakhstan a bridge
between the West and the East will be presented.