PRESIDENT SARGSYAN ATTENDED THE ARMENIAN-CROATIAN BUSINESS FORUM IN ZAGREB

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09.09.2009 10:39

The President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, together
with the President of the Republic of Croatia, Stjepan Masic attended
the first Armenian-Croatian Business forum in Zagreb and gave a
speech. The decision to organize this forum was reached during the
official visit of the President of Croatia to Armenia. The forum was
attended by nearly one hundred Armenian and Croatian businessmen,
representing different areas of economy. In the framework of the
Presidential visit the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Armenia and
the Chamber of Commerce of Croatia signed the Agreement on Cooperation.

The President of Armenia visited the observatory of Zagreb,
familiarized with the state-of-the-art "Sevan" device for astrological
observations created with the assistance of Yerevan Institute of
Physics and learned about the programs jointly implemented by the
astrophysics of Armenia and Croatia. The President of Armenia visited
also the Museum of Zagreb history, learned about the history of the
capital and studied the original documents. President Sargsyan visited
also the summer residence turned museum of the renowned political
leader Tito on Veliki Bryn island, where he observed exhibits and
documents related to the political biography of J. B. Tito. Accompanied
by President Stjepan Masic, President Sargsyan visited also the tavern
built by Tito decades ago.

Today, in Zagreb the President of Armenia met also with the
President of the National Assembly of Croatia Luka Bebic. The parties
reiterated existing mutual political will to move the Armenian-Croatian
relations forward in bilateral as well as multilateral formats. Serzh
Sargsyan and Luka Bebic stressed the importance of establishing
interparliamentary groups of friendship in the two countries and
cooperation in the interparliamentary international structures. The
President of the Republic of Armenia presented to the Speaker of the
Croatian Parliament the latest developments of his initiative aimed
at the normalization of the Armenian-Turkish relations and the current
stage of the NK peace process.

In the evening of September 8, the delegation headed by the President
of Armenia returned to Yerevan.