OFFICIAL VISIT OF PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN TO THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

25 June, 2013

President Serzh Sargsyan, who is in Poland on official visit met today with the President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski. Before the meeting, the official ceremony of welcoming the President of Armenia took place at the Presidential Palace.

After the official ceremony of welcoming the President of Armenia, Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Bronisław Komorowski held a bilateral meeting which was followed by the negotiations in the extended format. After the negotiations, there took place the ceremony of signing documents aimed at the development of the bilateral cooperation in a number of areas. In particular, signed were the Agreement between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Poland on the international trucking, the Memorandum of Understanding between the RA State Revenue Committee and the Customs Service of the Republic of Poland on fight against the breaches of customs law and development of partnership, Agreement on Cooperation in the area of agriculture between the RA Ministry of Agriculture and RP Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Declaration of Intent between the RA Ministry of Nature Protection and RP Ministry of Ecology on cooperation in the area of nature protection. Presidents Sargsyan and Komorowski summarized the results of the negotiations at the joint press conference.

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Statement by President Serzh Sargsyan at the joint press conference with the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski

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In the framework of his official visit, President Serzh Sargsyan in Warsaw visited the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier, laid a wreath and paid tribute to the fallen. After signing the Visitor’s Book, President Serzh Sargsyan together with the President of Poland also laid flowers and paid tribute at the memorial plate of Yadviga Zarugievich, who was born in an Armenian-Polish family. This Armenian woman, whose son had been killed in the war, was given this honor because on October 29, 1925 she had been entrusted with the privilege to choose the remnants of an unknown soldier to be interred in Warsaw Memorial which is considered Poland’s national symbol.

On the first day of his visit, President Sargsyan met also with the President (Marshal) of the Polish Senate Bogdan Borusewicz and Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Serzh Sargsyan participated at the inauguration of the Armenian square in Warsaw and consecration of the cross-stone.

Tonight, Presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Bronisław Komorowski will participate in the closing ceremony of the Armenian-Polish Business Forum.

Later, the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski will host the official dinner in honor of the President of Armenia and his delegation.

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