President Sargsyan to pay a state visit to Hungary

armradio.am
07.11.2009 19:59

On November 8 the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh
Sargsyan, will leave for the Republic of Hungary on a three-day state
visit.

The delegation headed by President Sargsyan comprises Foreign Minister
Edward Nalbandian, Justice Minister Gevorg Davtyan, Diaspora Minister
Hranush Hakobyan, Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan, Minister of
Agriculture Gerasim Alaverdyan, Head of the Armenian-Hungarian
Friendship Group of the National Assembly, MP Gagik Melikyan, other
officials.

After the official welcome ceremony the Presidents of Armenia and
Hungary Serzh Sargsyan and Laszlo Solyom will have a face-to-face
meeting followed by negotiations in an extended format. A number of
cooperation agreements will be signed between the governments of the
two countries. The Presidents of Armenia and Hungary will give a joint
press conference.

The same day President Sargsyan will meet the Speaker of the Hungarian
Parliament, Bela Katona. Within the framework of the visit Serzh
Sargsyan will visit the Heroes’ Square, where he will lay a wreath at
the memorial. President Sargsyan will lay a wreath at the memorial to
the Armenian Genocide victims, as well. In the evening President
Laszlo Solyom of Hungary will give an official dinner in memory of his
Armenian counterpart.

On November 10 President Sargsyan will meet Cardinal Peter Erdo, the
Prime Minister of Hungary, Gordon Bajnai, and participants of the
Armenian-Hungarian business forum.

In the second half of the day President Sargsyan will leave Budapest
for Kaliningrad at the invitation of the Governor of Kaliningrad
region Georgy Boss. The President will meet the Governor and
representatives of the local Armenian community. In Kaliningrad Serzh
Sargsyan will attend the opening ceremony of the Armenian Cultural
Center and the will lay a wreath at the Armenian khachkar-memorial.

The delegation headed by President Sargsyan will return to Yerevan on
November 11.