LATVIAN PRESIDENT ARRIVES TOMORROW IN ARMENIA
Armenpress
Oct 05, 2005
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, ARMENPRESS: President of Latvia, Vajra
Vike-Freiberga, is arriving in Armenia on October 6 on the third
and last leg of her South Caucasian visit. After visiting Azerbaijan
she is now in Georgia. Her delegation includes her husband, Imants
Freiberga and also government ministers and around 50 businessmen.
The goal of the visit is to discuss boosting bilateral ties, to deepen
cooperation and outline priorities of economic cooperation. She and
her Armenian counterpart, Robert Kocharian, will also discuss regional
issues and European integration. Both presidents will have face-to-face
talks and then will sign a number of agreements, including a joint
declaration by the presidents, an agreement on encouraging reciprocal
investments, agreements on customs and cultural cooperation. They
will also hold a briefing for the press.
Latvian president will also meet with parliament chairman and prime
minister. Kocharian and Mrs. Freiberga will also attend a business
forum.
She will also visit the Genocide Memorial, will meet with the faculty
and students of Yerevan University and also visit Etchmiadzin, the
Brandy Factory and Martiros Sarian Museum. Diplomatic relations
between Latvia and Armenia were established in 2002. Armenian
president Kocharian visited Latvia in 2002 June. Trade between the
two countries in the first six months of 2005 was $1.5 million. The
Armenian community of Latvia is about 3,000 people, but only 20
percent of them have Latvian citizenship.