ARMENIAN PARLT DELEGATION TO VISIT LATVIA THIS WEEK

Baltic News Service
November 30, 2009 Monday 11:55 PM EET

A delegation from the Armenian National Assembly will visit Latvia
on Dec. 2-6, the Latvian parliament presidium representatives told BNS.

The delegation headed by the chair of the Armenian parliament committee
on protection of human rights and public affairs, Volodya Badalyan,
will arrive in Riga on Wednesday, Dec. 2. On Thursday the delegates
will meet with officials from the Latvian Investment and Development
Agency and the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Later in the day, the delegation will visit the Armenian genocide
monument in downtown Riga and meet with Latvian parliamentarians.

On Friday, the Armenian delegation will meet with parliament
vice-speaker Solvita Aboltina, the Latvian parliament cooperation
group with Armenia, as well as representatives from the Transport
Ministry and the state-owned Latvijas Dzelzcels railway company. The
delegates will also visit the Old Town, the Occupation Museum and
the Latvian National Opera.

On Saturday, the Armenian parliamentarians will participate in
the opening of an exhibition and meet with the head of the Latvian
Armenian Society, Rafi Haradzanjans. On Sunday, the delegates will
attend a service in the Armenian Apostolic Church in Riga.