SERZH SARGYSAN LEAVES FOR KUWAIT: OFFICIAL TWO-DAY VISIT

Tert
Nov 3 2009
Armenia

Serzh Sargsyan today will leave for an official two-day visit to the
State of Kuwait, informs the President of the Republic of Armenia
press office.

This is the first official visit by an Armenian president since
Armenia’s independence to a Gulf country.

At Kuwait International Airport, the Armenian president will be greeted
by Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Crown Prince
Navaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, and high-ranking officials.

On the first day of his visit, Serzh Sargsyan will meet with speaker
of Kuwait’s National Assembly, known as Majlis Al-Umma, Jassem Mohammad
al-Kharafi and Prime Minister Nasser al-Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah. The
Armenian president will also meet with Kuwait Investment Authority
Managing Director Bader Mohammad al-Sa’ad and economic development
foundation director Abdulvahab Ahmad al-Baderi.

The meeting between the president of Armenia and the Emir of Kuwait
will take place near the end of the first day, after which the Republic
of Armenia and the State of Kuwait will sign a number of documents on
cooperation between the two countries. Following the official ceremony,
Serzh Sargsyan will be honoured with an official banquet by Kuwait’s
Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah.

On the second day of his visit, Sargsyan will visit the Kuwait
Institute for Scientific Research, and will meet with the president
of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ali Mohammed Thunayan
al-Ghanim.

On the second half of the second day, the delegation headed by the
Armenian president will return to Yerevan.