NKR President Arkady Ghukasyan To Speak At LA World Affairs Council

NKR PRESIDENT ARKADY GHUKASYAN TO SPEAK AT LA WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL

Public Radio, Armenia
Nov 13 2006

After completing his visit to the East Coast communities, rallying
support for the upcoming Armenia Fund’s 9th Annual International
Telethon, NKR President Arkady Ghukasyan will leave Detroit for Los
Angeles today.

President Arkady Ghukasyan is scheduled to speak at the Los Angeles
World Affairs Council’s dinner reception at the Westin Bonaventure
Hotel on Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 7:30pm. The Council hosts
heads of states and high-ranking government officials to speak to its
members. This past summer, the Council hosted Her Majesty’s Prime
Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom and H.E. Sergei Lavrov,
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

President Ghukasyan will use this opportunity to share his views on
the future of Karabakh, its relations with neighboring countries,
its place in the international community and the prospects for greater
US-NKR engagement.

The President is the Guest of Honor at Armenia Fund’s Annual Gala,
which will take place on November 19 at the Omni Los Angeles Hotel at
the California Plaza. The event will highlight the 15th anniversary
of independent Republics of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh and as well
as celebrate Armenia Fund’s mission of rebuilding the homeland since
independence. Armenian jazz singer Datevik Hovanesian and her quartet
will perform live during the gala. The premier sold out event is set
to welcome Armenia Fund’s long time donors and supporters as well as
heads of major Armenian-American organizations and churches.

In Los Angeles President Ghukasyan is scheduled to meet with select
Armenia Fund donors and supporters, as well as with the leaders of
major Armenian-American organizations. The President is to appear
live during Armenia Fund’s 9th Annual International Telethon. The
live 12 hour television program will be held on Thanksgiving Day,
November 23, 8:00AM-8:00PM PST. Proceeds from the event will benefit
the Hadrut Regional Development project which, among other projects,
includes the reconstruction of a regional hospital and the purchase of
5 new ambulances, the construction of new local schools, agricultural
development programs, as well as the construction of drinking water
and irrigation networks.