NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR OF VENEZUELA TO RA HANDS HIS CREDENTIALS TO RA PRESIDENT

Noyan Tapan
July 22, 2009

YEREVAN, JULY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. Ugo Jose Garsia Ernandes, the newly
appointed Ambassador of Venezuela to RA (residence Moscow) handed his
credentials to RA President Serzh Sargsyan on July 21. Congratulating
the Ambassador on the occasion of assuming his post, S. Sargsyan
expressed the hope that during his tenure the Ambassador will make
his important contribution to the development of the two countries’
relations.

As Noyan Tapan was informed by the RA President’s Press Office,
issues regarding possibilities of cooperation between Armenia and
Venezuela in different spheres, expansion of the legal-contractual
sphere were discussed during the talk following the ceremony of
handing the credentials.

Activation of cooperation within the framework of international
structures was also considered important.

S. Sargsyan greeted recognition of the Armenian Genocide by the
parliament of Venezuela four years ago.

The day before Ambassador Ugo Jose Garsia Ernandes handed the copy
of his credentials to RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian. Wishing
success to the Ambassador in his diplomatic mission, E. Nalbandian
expressed the hope that the Ambassador will make an important
contribution to the development of relations between Armenia and
Venezuela.

According to a report by the RA Foreign Ministry Press and Information
Department, E. Nalbandian and Ambassador Ugo Jose Garsia Ernandes
discussed issues regarding the two countries’ cooperation in the
political and economic spheres, expansion of the legal-contractual
sphere. Both sides attached importance to deepening of cooperation
at international organizations and development of interparliamentary
contacts.

Ugo Jose Garsia Ernandes was born in 1941 in the city of Bokono,
Venezuela.

He got education at Venezuela Military Academy and Venezuela Army
Higher School. In 2009 he was appointed Ambassador of Venezuela
to Russia. He is a reserve general, has been awarded national and
international orders.