PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA TO MEET HIS TURKISH COUNTERPART TETE-A-TETE

ArmInfo
2009-10-14 16:01:00

ArmInfo. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan has accepted the
invitation of his Turkish counterpart to visit Turkey. The president
will leave for Bursa (Turkey) in the second half of the day to watch
Armenia vs. Turkey qualifying match.

Armenian President’s Spokesman Samvel Farmanyan says Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian and his deputies Arman Kirakosyan and Shavarsh
Kocharyan as well as other high-ranking officials of the presidential
administration and the Foreign Ministry will accompany the president
to Turkey. Several dozens of Armenian journalists will leave for
Turkey to cover the event.

President Sargsyan will first of all visit the players of the Armenian
national team to support them before the match. Afterwards Serzh
Sargsyan will meet with his counterpart Abdullah Gul tete-a-tete and
later an enlarged meeting will take place. In honor of the Armenian
president a supper and reception will be organized on behalf of the
Turkish president.

After the football meeting, the Armenian delegation led by the
president will fly back to Yerevan.

It is the first visit of Serzh Sargsyan to Turkey and will be the
4th visit of the Armenian leader to Turkey since the country’s
independence.