ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO ARMENIAN PRESIDENT

16:58 21/04/2015 >> POLITICS

Gonzalo Urriolabeitia, new Ambassador of Argentina to Armenia,
on Tuesday handed over his credentials to Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan, the President’s press office reports.

The Armenian President congratulated the newly-appointed Ambassador
on his appointment and wished him success in fulfilling his diplomatic
duties in our country. Noting that Ambassador Urriolabeitia has arrived
in Armenia at a very important moment for our people when the entire
Armenian people, joined by the international community, are going to
commemorate the Armenian Genocide Centennial, President Serzh Sargsyan
stressed that Argentina has made an undeniable contribution to the
international recognition of that crime.

Serzh Sargsyan also expressed his gratitude to the Argentine people
and Argentine authorities for granting asylum to a part of Armenians
who had escaped from the genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire
at the beginning of the 20th century, as well as for giving them the
opportunity to live and create in wonderful Argentina, preserve their
national identity and have a share in the development of the country.

The interlocutors discussed the opportunities to continuously develop
Armenian-Argentine relations and promote cooperation in different
mutually beneficial areas.

Ambassador Urriolabeitia said that it is a great honor for him to
represent Argentina in Armenia, a country with rich cultural heritage
and a millenniums-old history, and assured that he will do his best
to further intensify bilateral political relations and contribute
to the deepening of multi-sectoral collaboration between Armenia
and Argentina.