Xinhua, China
March 18 2010
Armenian president to visit Syria next week
DAMASCUS March 18
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is to visit Syria on March 22-23 at
an invitation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the official SANA
news agency reported Thursday.
Armenian Ambassador to Damascus Arshak Poladyan said Wednesday that
President Sargsyan’s first visit to Syria is historic and plays an
important role in deepening the good relations between the two
countries, according to the report.
"We have direct political dialogue with Syria on all levels and Syria
has expressed, in many occasions, its readiness to help normalizing
relations between Armenia and Turkey and Azerbaijan," the report
quoted the ambassador as saying.
The ambassador also indicated that several agreements will be inked
during Sargsyan’s visit and a Syrian-Armenian joint cultural show will
be staged at al-Assad House for Culture and Art in Damascus.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress