FIRST LADY OF RUSSIA SVETLANA MEDVEDEVA ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
ArmInfo
2009-05-05 19:28:00
First Lady of Russia Svetlana Medvedeva has arrived in Armenia on
the invitation of First Lady of Armenia Rita Sargsyan.
The press service of the President of Armenia reports that from the
airport the wives of the Armenian and Russian presidents went to the
Mother See of Holy Etchimadzin and met with His Holiness, Catholicos
of All Armenians Karekin II.
They also visited the Armenian Genocide Memorial and Museum in
Tsitsernakaberd. Medvedeva laid flowers in the memory of the victims
of the Armenian Genocide and wrote down her impressions in the museum’s
visitors book.
In the evening Mrs. Sargsyan and Mrs. Medvedeva will attend the
premiere of Spartacus, Aram Khachaturyan’s famous ballet staged at
the National Opera and Ballet Theater by world renowned Russian
choreographer Yuri Grigorovitch under the patronage of the first
ladies of Armenia and Russia.