Latvian President arriving in Armenia December 9December 8, 2009 - 12:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Latvian President Valdis Zatlers will arrive in Yerevan on December 9 on invitation of his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan. The Latvian delegation will include Ministers of Economy, Foreign Affairs, Environment, chairman of the parliamentary committee on external relations and other officials, RA leader's press office told PanARMENIAN.Net Upon arrival the Latvian President and his spouse will attend an event dedicated to the 50th anniversary of establishment of the Matenadaran, the Depositary of Ancient Manuscripts. On December 10, a solemn ceremony in the presidential residence will be followed by Sargsyan- Zatlers meeting in private. A number of documents will be signed. Mr. Zatlers is also supposed to meet with RA NA Speaker Hovik Abrahamyan, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan and Catholicos of All Armenians, His Holiness Karekin II. The Latvian delegation will lay a wreath to the Armenian Genocide Memorial and meet with the students and teaching staff of Yerevan State University. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Ameriabank's Trade Finance portfolio enriched with four prestigious awards from EBRD and IFC Ameriabank received the awards from international financial institutions in recognition of its trade finance operations. Armenian Economy Minister to make trip to UAE May 20-22 A delegation led by Minister of Economy Gevorg Papoyan will travel to the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi on May 20-22 Armenian PM sends condolences to Iran Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a message of condolence to the Supreme Leader Seyyed Ali Khamenei. Armenia, Turkey discuss restoration of historic bridge The meeting took place on May 17 in Ashgabat on the sidelines of an international conference of ministers of culture. |