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Armenian president to pay a three-day working visit to Hungary

Armenian president to pay a three-day working visit to Hungary

2009-11-07 16:19:00

ArmInfo. On November 8 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will leave
for Hungary on a three-day state visit.

The Armenian presidential press-service told ArmInfo that the
delegation headed by the president includes Armenian Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian, Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan, Diaspora
Minister Hranush Hakobyan, Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan,
Agriculture Minister Gerasim Alaverdyan, Head of Armenia-Hungary
Parliamentary Friendship Group Gagik Melikyan and other officials.

November 8 evening Serzh Sargsyan will arrive at Budapest. On November
9 the official ceremony of greeting of the Armenian president will
take place at the Hungarian presidential residence. The greeting
ceremony will be followed by a face-to-face meeting of Armenian and
Hungarian Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Laszlo Solyom, which, in its
turn, will be followed by an enlarged meeting. The two countries’
governments will sign a number of cooperation agreements. Afterwards
both presidents will make a statement for the mass media. The same day
the Armenian president will meet with Speaker of Hungarian Parliament
Bela Katona.

In Budapest Sargsyan will visit the Square of Heroes and lay a wreath
of flowers at the memorial, he will also lay a wreath at the khachkar
(cross-stone) dedicated to the memory of Armenian Genocide victims.
Then, on Laszlo Solyom’s behalf, an official dinner party will be held
in Serzh Sargsyan’s honor. On November 10 President Sargsyan will meet
with Peter Cardinal Erdo, Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai and
participants in the Armenian-Hungarian business forum. Serzh Sargsyan
will also visit the places of interest of Budapest. The two presidents
will pay a visit to the Military Institute Museum of Budapest.

The same day Sargsyan will pay a short-term working visit to
Kaliningrad region of Russia on the invitation of Governor of
Kaliningrad Georgy Boos. In Kaliningrad the Armenian president will
meet with Boos, as well as with representatives of the Armenian
community of the region. Sargsyan will also participate in the
ribbon-cutting ceremony of an Armenian cultural center and lay a
wreath at an Armenian khachkar (cross-stone).

President Sargsyan will return to Yerevan on November 11.

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