Updates
Press releases
27
10, 2010
President Serzh Sargsyan visits Astrakhan
President Serzh Sargsyan arrived to Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation, where the trilateral meeting of the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan is to be held in the framework of the NK peace process. The meeting is conducted at the invitation of President Dmitry Medvedev.
In Astrakhan, President Sargsyan accompanied by the spiritual leader of St Ripsime Church, representatives of local authorities and the Armenian community visited the Armenian memorial situated in the center of the city and laid a wreath at the cross-stone monument. The cross-stone monument was installed here in the memory of the Armenian Church built here back in 1706 and demolished in the 1930s as well as in commemoration of the 290th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Astrakhan.
In Astrakhan, President Sargsyan accompanied by the spiritual leader of St Ripsime Church, representatives of local authorities and the Armenian community visited the Armenian memorial situated in the center of the city and laid a wreath at the cross-stone monument. The cross-stone monument was installed here in the memory of the Armenian Church built here back in 1706 and demolished in the 1930s as well as in commemoration of the 290th anniversary of the establishment of the Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Astrakhan.