VISIT OF RA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER HOVIK ABRAHAMIAN TO REPUBLIC OF KOREA BEGINS

Noyan Tapan
Dec 2, 2009

SEOUL, DECEMBER 2, NOYAN TAPAN. The official visit of the delegation
headed by Speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamian to the
Republic of Korea began on December 2. The delegation is composed
of Head of the National Assembly Staff Gegham Gharibjanian, NA
deputies Hovhannes Margarian (Orinats Yerkir party), Armen Abrahamian
(Prosperous Armenia party), and Ara Nranian (ARF).

At the meeting with Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Chung
Un-chan, H. Abrahamian stated that Armenia attaches great importance
to the development of bilateral relations with leading countries in
the Asian region, in this context considering it necessary to expand
cooperation with the Republic of Korea. He underlined the importance
of more active contacts between the parliaments of the two countries
in terms of further deepening and expansion of bilateral interstate
cooperation, expressing confidence that there is much potential
for promotion of relations between Armenia and Korea. H. Abrahamian
stressed the necessity of collaboration in trade, economy, science,
education, culture, agriculture and other sectors. He stated with
satisfaction that some progress has been observed in bilateral trade
and economic links in recent years, but most of the commodity turnover
between Armenia and South Korea is still done through third countries.

In this connection the significant role of direct contacts was
pointed out.

H. Abrahamian said Armenia is interested in developing its IT industry,
and given Korea’s achievements in this sector, he proposed establishing
cooperation in this direction as well. The cooperation with GT Group,
one of the biggest private companies in South Korea, was mentioned
as an example of successful partnership.

Chung Un-chan in his turn said that since 1992 when diplomatic
relations were established between the Republic of Armenia and the
Republic of Korea, the speaker of the RA National Assembly is the
first high-ranking Armenian official to pay an official visit to
Korea. The Korean prime minister gave priority to the development of
cooperation in such fields as education, culture and science.

The sides also discussed the ways of overcoming the global crisis, the
implementation of joint projects, and other issues of mutual interest.

According to the RA National Assembly Public Relations Department,
on the same day the delegation headed by Hovik Abrahamian went to
Samsung Electronics whose director general informed the members of
Armenia’s parliamentary delegation about the latest achievements of
their company.