PRESIDENT SARGSYAN VISITS HUNGARY

armradio.am
09.11.2009 10:41

President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, has left 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.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress