Armenian Prime Minister Flies To Austria For World Economic Forum

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07.06.2011, 03:45

Armenian prime minister Tigran Sarkisian is flying June 7 to Vienna, Austria, to attend a regional summit of the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia, scheduled for June 8-9, the press service of the Armenian government told ARKA.

YEREVAN, June 6. / ARKA /. Armenian prime minister Tigran Sarkisian is flying June 7 to Vienna, Austria, to attend a regional summit of the World Economic Forum on Europe and Central Asia, scheduled for June 8-9, the press service of the Armenian government told ARKA.

It said on the first day of the working visit Sarkisian will attend a reception to be hosted by the president of Austria, as well as a business luncheon on the theme "The Future of Government." The next day he will meet with the prime ministers of Austria, Ukraine and Hungary.

Tigran Sarkisian will visit also the headquarters of the OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID), where he will hold a meeting with Director General of the organization Suleiman Al Jazeera Herbish. Sarkisian will then attend a ceremony for signing a borrowing agreement to finance a rural development project in Armenia. Sarkisian will also make a speech at a forum titled A Look at Russia. -0-

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