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    STATE VISIT OF PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN TO HUNGARY

    president.am
    Nov 11 2009
    Armenia

    The President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan continues his state visit
    to Hungary. At the conclusion of the high-level negotiations, in the
    evening of November 9, the President of Hungary gave a state dinner
    in honor of the President of Armenia.

    In Budapest, the President of Armenia met also with the Speaker of
    the Hungarian Parliament Bela Katona and the Prime Minister of Hungary
    Gordon Bajnai.

    At the meeting with the Speaker of the Parliament, stressed was the
    importance of developing the interparliamentary ties and cooperation in
    the international interparliamentary structures. The two sides noted
    with satisfaction that the friendship groups have been formed in both
    Parliaments which are functioning quite successfully. The Speaker of
    the Hungarian Parliament said that he is familiar with Armenia and he
    has had an opportunity to visit our country and get acquainted with
    Armenia and her culture as member of the Hungary-Armenia parliamentary
    friendship group. At the meeting discussed were also issues related
    to the historical and cultural contacts of the two peoples and
    similarities between them.

    At the meeting with the Prime Minister of Hungary Gordon Bajnai
    discussed were opportunities for the invigoration of the economic
    cooperation. It was noted that the state visit of the President of
    Armenia and high-level negotiations on one hand, and the interagency
    agreements signed yesterday in Budapest, the Armenian-Hungarian
    business forum and contacts on the other, create a favorable atmosphere
    for the development of the economic relations. President Sargsyan
    said that Armenia desires to give momentum to the relations with
    Hungary on bilateral as well as multilateral levels.

    "Centuries-long friendship of the Armenian and Hungarian peoples
    is a sound base for developing our relations in the economic and
    other areas," noted Serzh Sargsyan. The President of Armenia and
    the Prime Minister of Hungary stressed their readiness to support
    all practical initiatives and investment projects which will emerge
    after the business forum.

    President Sargsyan and Prime Minister Bajnai spoke also about the
    steps of the governments of the two countries aimed at the mitigation
    of the consequences of the global financial and economic crisis and
    the current situation with the world economy. The Prime Minister of
    Hungary also underscored that Hungary attaches great importance to the
    EU Eastern Partnership program and during its EU presidency in 2011
    will continue to view it as a priority. In his turn, Serzh Sargsyan
    noted that the EU Eastern Partnership program allows on one hand to
    develop relations with the European Union and its member states, and
    on the other - to foster the reforms in our country. At the request of
    the Prime Minister of Hungary Gordon Bajnai, President Serzh Sargsyan
    spoke about Armenia's approaches toward the normalization of relations
    with Turkey without preconditions and in a sensible timeframe and the
    current phase of the NK peace process. Gordon Bajnai said that Hungary
    is welcoming the signing of the Protocols for the normalization of the
    Armenian-Turkish relations and supports that process. He underscored
    that peaceful settlement of the regional problems in addition to the
    normalization of relations will also change the international standing
    of the entire region, promoting stability, development, durable peace,
    cooperation, and atmosphere of mutual trust.

    President Sargsyan and Prime Minister Bajnai met also with the
    participants of the ongoing Armenian-Hungarian business forum,
    familiarized with the results of the forum and reached agreements.

    In Budapest, the President of Armenia visited also the Primate of
    Hungary, Cardinal Peter Erdo. During the meeting with the spiritual
    leader of Hungary, President Serzh Sargsyan spoke about the historical
    and cultural similarities of the two nations and contacts between
    them. President Sargsyan underlined that the church, especially in
    the absence of statehood, played a unique and indispensable role in
    the Armenian and Hungarian peoples' fight for freedom. Speaking about
    similarities of the two nations, Cardinal Peter Erdo in his turn noted,
    "The Armenian and Hungarian peoples have a great experience of rebirth
    and rising after centuries of deprivation and sufferings."

    Serzh Sargsyan praised the fact that in Hungary our compatriots have
    a status of national minority and enjoy all opportunities which come
    with that status, preserving their national identity.

    In the framework of his state visit to Hungary, the President of
    Armenia Serzh Sargsyan and the President of Hungary Lezslo Solyom
    participated at the opening ceremony of the exhibition organized
    by the Institute of Military History of the Ministry of Defense
    of Hungary. The exhibition is dedicated to the history of the
    Armenian-Hungarian military interaction. Presidents Sargsyan and
    Solyom toured the exhibition and viewed the exhibits.

    In the second half of the day, after the conclusion of his state
    visit to Hungary, the President of Armenia arrived on a brief working
    visit to Kaliningrad at the invitation of the Governor of Kaliningard,
    Georgi Boss.
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