Karapetyan congratulates new premier of Australia’s New South Wales on her appointment
24.01.2017,
11:15
Karen Karapetyan, Armenian prime minister, has congratulated Gladys Berejiklian, an Australian citizen of Armenian descent, on her appointment as the premier of Australia’s state of New South Wales, the press office of the Armenian government reported on Monday.
YEREVAN, January 24. /ARKA/. Karen Karapetyan, Armenian prime minister, has congratulated Gladys Berejiklian, an Australian citizen of Armenian descent, on her appointment as the premier of Australia’s state of New South Wales, the press office of the Armenian government reported on Monday.
He said that the Armenian community in Australia participates actively in the country’s political life.
Karapetyan expressed hope that her appointment will give a new impetus to relations between Armenia and Australia, particularly to ties between the two countries’ regions and cities.
Before becoming premier, Berejiklian was the Treasurer of New South Wales.
She has also been Minister for Industrial Relations in the second government of her predecessor Mike Baird and Minister for Transport and the Minister for the Hunter in the first Baird government. She was also the Deputy Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party between 2014 and 2017 and now she was elected unanimously as the leader of the party.
Berejiklian is the first woman state premier in Australia.
Berejiklian was born in Sydney, the eldest of three daughters born to Armenian immigrant parents.
Her grandparents were orphaned in the Armenian Genocide in 1915. --0---
He said that the Armenian community in Australia participates actively in the country’s political life.
Karapetyan expressed hope that her appointment will give a new impetus to relations between Armenia and Australia, particularly to ties between the two countries’ regions and cities.
Before becoming premier, Berejiklian was the Treasurer of New South Wales.
She has also been Minister for Industrial Relations in the second government of her predecessor Mike Baird and Minister for Transport and the Minister for the Hunter in the first Baird government. She was also the Deputy Leader of the New South Wales Liberal Party between 2014 and 2017 and now she was elected unanimously as the leader of the party.
Berejiklian is the first woman state premier in Australia.
Berejiklian was born in Sydney, the eldest of three daughters born to Armenian immigrant parents.
Her grandparents were orphaned in the Armenian Genocide in 1915. --0---
