RIA OREANDA, Russia
June 11 2009

President of Armenian National Assembly Received Italian Ambassador

Yerevan. OREANDA-NEWS . On 11 June was announced, that President of
the Armenian National Assembly Mr. Hovik Abrahamyan received the
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Italy to Armenia
Mr. Massimo Lavezzo Cassinnelli on the occasion of completing his
diplomatic mission in Yerevan .

During the talk the Head of the Armenian Parliament expressed his
gratitude to Ambassador Mr. Lavezzo Cassinnelli for close cooperation
of the last years. Mr. H. Abrahamyan highly assessed the Ambassadors
work and stressed that he made his unique contribution for developing
bilateral relations.

The President of the National Assembly expressed hope that in future
the Armenian-Italian cooperation will be continuously developed in
political, trade-economic, cultural and other spheres. In that context
the interlocutors discussed the perspectives of cooperation between
the parliaments of two countries and touched upon the existing
investment programmes.

Summing the discussion Mr. H. Abrahamyan wished successes Ambassador
Mr. Lavezzo Cassinnelli in his endeavours and expressed hope that he
would continue his friendly relations with our country after
completion of his diplomatic mission in Yerevan .