DELEGATION OF GEGHARKUNIK PROVINCE LEAVES FOR FRANCE

ARMENPRESS
MAY 10, 2010
GAVAR

The delegation of Gegharkunik province headed by Governor Nver
Poghosyan has left for France. The delegation is comprised of Vanik
Hovhannisyan, head of the Agriculture and Nature Protection Department
of Gegharkunik governor office, Hasmik Shahbazyan, PR manager, and
Varduhi Mnatsakanyan, head of the Development Programs and Analysis
Department.

Gegharkunik governor office told Armenpress that the official visit
was paid at the invitation of the board of the French Izer province
council within the frameworks of the agreement on Gegharkunik-Izer
trade-industrial and educational-cultural mutual cooperation.

May 10-15, the delegation of Gegharkunik province will be hosted in
Grenoble city, in the chief council of Izer province, where it will
take part in a forum summoned by the French party. The joint works
carried out in the spheres of education, healthcare and tourism in
the recent several years in Gegharkunik will be here discussed.

Our delegation members will also visit the hospital of the Grenoble
city to get acquainted wit the achievements of the local healthcare
enterprise. Afterward they will visit Otran city accompanied with
the head of "Afrat" tour agency and will get acquainted with the
infrastructures and development degree of the rural tourism.

As a result of joint discussions, the heads of the provinces of
Gegharkunik and Izer will sign an agreement of three-year cooperation
and will prepare the materials of the Armenian-French forum to be
held this October in Yerevan. Our delegation members will meet with
the Armenian community of Grenoble, too. The program also intends a
series of cultural events and diologues.