ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR LAUDS UAE PRESIDENT

Emirates News Agency
June 22, 2008 Sunday 12:16 PM EST

Armenian Ambassador, Vahagn Melikyan, has praised UAE President,
H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, for his great efforts in
conserving and developing the UAE’s water and natural resources. He
expressed profound gratitude and deep appreciation of the Armenian
government to the UAE’s leadership and people for their continuous
support to Armenia.

"The Armenian government and people greatly appreciate the sincere
efforts and the positive stances of President H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan in support of peaceful co-existence, stability and
security in the region, as well as his commitment to cultural diversity
and togetherness among the peoples of the world," Melikyan said in
a lecture he delivered at the Media Affairs Centre here in Abu Dhabi.

He expressed profound gratitude to Sheikh Khalifa for granting to
the Armenian community in the UAE a piece of land to build their own
school and church. He cited a funding agreement signed between his
country and the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, which granted loan
to his country for the rehabilitation of the Arba Sifan Canal.

He said the agreement was a positive sign of the two countries’ strong
desire to further boost relations of economic cooperation between them.