Sarkis Assadourian M.P.

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release Ottawa June 16, 2004
Office of Sarkis Assadourian M.P.
120 Confederation
House of Commons, Ottawa, Canada
Contact: Daniel Kennedy
Tel: 613 995 4843

M.P. Sarkis Assadourian To Attend
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
Will Also Travel to California

Mr. Sarkis Assadourian (Brampton Centre, Lib.): is scheduled to attend
the Meeting of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development
of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe at the OECD,
Strasbourg June 21-25, 2004.

The Parliamentarians will meet to discuss a vast array of diverse
issues including human rights, electronic media and trans-boundary
water basins. A special highlight for Armenians will be the address
by Mr. Robert Kocharyan, President of Armenia.

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Mr. Sarkis Assadourian (Brampton Centre, Lib.): and his wife Zaza
will travel to California from July 7-14 to visit with their many
friends in the area. Archbishop Hovnan Derderian, Primate of the
Armenian Apostolic Church in California will be hosting a reception
to welcome the first Canadian Parliamentarian of Armenian origin and
his wife to Los Angeles on Monday July 12, 2004.

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For further information contact: Daniel Kennedy 613-995-4843