• 07

  12, 2018

  An Open Letter to Gyumri from Armen Sarkissian, President of Armenia The Gyumri I Know and Love An Open Letter to Gyumri from Armen Sarkissian, President of Armenia (Written and published in AGBU News Magazine, December 2018). Dear Gyumri, When you read these words, thousands of people, near and far, familiar and unfamiliar, will be paying tribute to the memory of the victims of that great tragedy that befell you, the earthquake of December 7, 1988. I will be among them, looking back intently on that horrific day when time stood still at...
• 06

  12, 2018

  President Armen Sarkissian visited Bernini School: Roman Baroque Exhibition President Armen Sarkissian and Mrs. Nouneh Sarkissian visited today the National Gallery of Armenia and observed the Bernini School: Roman Baroque Exhibition. The exhibition is an exceptional demonstration of the European Baroque art in Armenia which allows to familiarize with the paintings of Baroque masters from the Chigi Palace in the Italian Ariccia town, sketches, and samples of decorative art. Mr. and Mrs Sarkissian toured the exhibition and familiarized with the exhibits....
• 06

  12, 2018

  Award ceremony took place at the Presidential Palace By the Presidential decree, Arshalyis Minassian, Senior Investigator of the PIC adjunct to the Chief of the Special Investigation Service and Hrachia Musheghian, Senior Investigator of the Department of Crimes of General Character of the SIS were awarded the Mkhitar Gosh medals for their contribution to the strengthening of the legal system and the rule of law. Today, the ceremony of handing the high state awards took place at the Presidential Palace. President Sarkissian...
• 06

  12, 2018

  Oath taking ceremony of the judge of the RA Civil Court of Appeal took place at the Presidential Palace Today, at the Presidential Palace in the presence of President Armen Sarkissian took place the oath taking ceremony of the judge of the RA Civil Court of Appeal Davit Serobian. President Sarkissian congratulated the newly appointed judge and wished him success in his responsible mission.  
• 06

  12, 2018

  Armen Sarkissian: I am optimistic about the future of the Armenian-Italian relations President Sarkissian received today delegation headed by the Vice President of the Italian Senate Paola Taverna which includes also senators Gianluca Castaldi, Vito Vattuone, and Mauro Del Barba. They have arrived to Armenia as part of the OSCE monitoring mission to observe the snap parliamentary elections of December 9. Noting that Armenia currently is undergoing cardinal changes, President Sarkissian stressed the importance of advancing in the strengthening of democracy and...
• 06

  12, 2018

  President Armen Sarkissian sent a thank you letter to the President of Germany President Armen Sarkissian sent today a thank you letter to the President of the Federal Republic of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier for the warm hospitality extended to him during his official visit to Germany. “To continue our substantive dialogue, I invite you cordially to conduct an official visit to Armenia in 2019,” President Sarkissian wrote in his letter.