RA PRESIDENT LEFT FOR LONDON

news.am
Feb 9 2010
Armenia

February 9, at 9:30 a.m. Yerevan time RA President Serzh Sargsyan
left for London. Presidential plane will land at London Heathrow
Airport. Armenian delegation comprises Catholicos of All Armenians
His Holiness Karekin II, RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and
Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan, NEWS.am correspondent reports.

The delegation will stay at Dorchester Hotel, whereas the journalists
– at Kensington Close. On the first day of the visit, Armenian
delegation will visit Tate Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
to attend the opening ceremony of the exhibition dedicated to the
renowned Armenia-born American painter Arshile Gorky. Thereafter,
Serzh Sargsyan will have dinner with Board of Trustees of the museum.

Private meetings are scheduled as well.

Within the framework of the visit RA President will meet Her Majesty
the Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in
Buckingham Palace, Prince Charles, as well as British Secretary of
State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband.

At Windsor Castle, Sargsyan will attend the gala concert and banquet
that gives a start to "Yerevan-My Love" project (aiming at the
restoration of 4 buildings of historic-architectural significance and
cultural value in Yerevan) initiated by Prince Charles and former
RA Premier Armen Sargsyan. RA President will also meet with local
Diaspora representatives.

February 10, RA President will deliver a speech at London Royal
Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House). He will touch
upon regional security issues, current stage of Armenia-Turkey
reconciliation, as well as Karabakh peace process.

RA President intends to grant an interview to Al Jazeera TV in London.

February 11, Armenian delegation will return to Yerevan.