news.am, Armenia
Nov 21 2009

NKR delegation holds meetings in U.S.

13:57 / 11/21/2009The meetings of NKR delegation, headed by Premier
Ara Harutyunyan within the framework of `Hayastan’ All Armenian Fund’s
annual Telethon to U.S. continue. This year the event will be held in
LA on Nov. 26.

As NEWS.am was informed by NKR Government Information and PR
department, Harutyunyan visited head offices of Boston Globe and
Hayrenik newspapers. In the course of the meeting with journalists,
Karabakh peace process, Armenian-Turkish reconciliation as well as
socioeconomic situation in NKR were canvassed.

That day Ara Harutyunyan met with Armenian Aid Union (AAU) leadership.
Through spacebridge, Heads of AAU branches in Canada and California
also joined the meeting.

Harutyunyan hailed successful the organization’s progress and its
contribution to the preschool system development in Karabakh. He also
expressed hope that the cooperation will progress and AAU will keep on
expanding its activities in NKR. Over 500 representatives of Armenian
community attended the Nov. 20 reception held in honor of NKR
delegation. At the event, Nagorno-Karabakh Premier awarded Raffi
Festekjian, Chairman of `Hayastan’ All Armenian Fund a commemorative
medal for the assistance to various projects’ implementation in NKR.

Leader of Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church Archbishop
Pargev Martirosyan, Spokesman to the NKR President David Babayan and
NKR Permanent Representative to U.S. Robert Avetisyan attended the
meetings as well.