RA NA SPEAKER HOVIK ABRAHAMYAN MEETS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMENIAN STUDENTS AND THEIR TEACHERS

National Assembly of RA
March 30 2010
Armenia

On March 29 RA National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan within the
framework of the Open Doors of the National Assembly programme at
the Session Hall of the National Assembly met with over 100 Armenian
American students and their teachers, who visited the parliament
led by the editor-in-chief of the "California Courier" newspaper
Harout Sasounian.

Hovik Abrahamyan presented the structure, problems, role and functions
of the National Assembly. He highlighted such meetings, which give
opportunity to get familiarized with the works of the legislative body.

RA National Assembly Speaker answered the Diasporan students’ and
teachers’ questions, which more referred to the Armenian-Turkish
relations and Nagorno Karabakh problem.

The editor-in-chief of the "California Courier" newspaper Harout
Sasounian thanked for the given opportunity, noting that the children
were the first Armenian American students that were hosted in the
parliament.

Expressing his gratitude for the visit the RA National Assembly Speaker
considered it important with respect to getting familiarized with
the Motherland and the people and expressed willingness to support
such visits in future.