ARMENIAN PRESIDENT TO VISIT ARMENIAN-POPULATED COMMUNITIES

ARMENPRESS
SEPTEMBER 17, 2009
YEREVAN

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS: Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
received today Vice Speaker of the Great Britain’s House of Lords,
Baroness Caroline Cox.

Presidential press service told Armenpress that with the September
16 decree of the Armenian President Caroline Cox has been awarded
Order of Honor for her weighty contribution to the development and
consolidation of Armenian-British relations.

"This award is the gratitude of the Armenian people and assessment
to Your activity," the president said and added, "We will also be
delighted to host You in Armenia and are proud that we have such
a friend".

The leader of the country highly assessed the attention of the Baroness
Cox, her support and warmth and active work.

Caroline Cox said that any award is honoring but for her getting such
high award in Armenia is double honoring. She said she is visiting
Armenia for the 69th time and her each visit is singled out with new
impressions, changes and new progress.

Noting that during this days the most discussable issue is the
normalization process of Armenian-Turkish relations and in the coming
days discussions will be conducted in Armenia in different formats,
the Armenian President said that during the coming weeks he will visit
a number of Armenian-populated communities to listen to the opinion
of Diaspora Armenians. Serzh Sargsyan presented the protocols directed
toward normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and noted that the
negotiations do not include any precondition. "This is very difficult,
painful but at the same time necessary process," he pointed out.

Caroline Cox was interested in the recent developments over Nagorno
Karabakh conflict regulation.