RA NA SPEAKER HOVIK ABRAHAMIAN IN EGYPT ON OFFICIAL VISIT
Noyan Tapan
Jan 18, 2010
YEREVAN, JANUARY 18, NOYAN TAPAN. RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamian is
in the Arab Republic of Egypt on an official visit. The NA Speaker met
with his counterpart, Chairman of the Arab Republic of Egypt People’s
Assembly on January 16. The latter expressed Egypt’s readiness to
strengthen the Armenia-Egypt relations. The sides also touched upon
the security issues in the Middle and Near East. According to H.
Abrahamian, Armenian-Egyptian trade and economic relations also need
to be promoted. A meeting of the two countries’ Intergovernmental
Commission will be also held in 2010 August. According to the RA NA
Speaker, a number of programs regarding sphere’s development will be
adopted at the meeting.
The RA NA Speaker attached importance to the process of normalizing
the Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions. The NA Speaker
also visited the People’s Assembly Museum.
Meetings with country’s Prime Minister, as well as representatives
of Egypt’s Armenian community are also planned within the framework
of the visit.