PRESIDENT OF SYRIA ARRIVING IN ARMENIA

armradio.am
17.06.2009 10:44

The President of the Arab Republic of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, and
Mrs.Asma Al-Assad will arrive in Armenia on June 17 on a two-day
official visit at the invitation of the President of Armenia,
Serzh Sargsyan.

Following the welcome ceremony at the President’s Office, Presidents
Serzh Sargsyan and Bashar Al-Assad will have a face-to face
meeting. The meeting will continue in an extended format, following
which a number of intergovernmental and interdepartmental documents
will be signed. The leaders of Armenia and Syria will give a joint
press conference.

In the evening of June 17 President Serzh Sargsyan and Mrs. Rita
Sargsyan will give a dinner in honor of the Syrian President, Bashar
Al-Assad, and Mrs. Asma Al-Assad.

Within the framework of the visit Bashar Al-Assad will have meetings
with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Hovik Abrahamyan and Prime
Minister Tigran Sargsyan. His Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch
and Catholicos of All Armenians will host the President of Syria at
the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

On June 18 the Presidents of Armenia and Syria will attend the opening
ceremony of the Armenian-Syrian business forum.

During the stay in Armenia, President Basdhar Al-Assad will visit
Matenadaran.