LEH VALENSA ARRIVES IN ARMENIA ON APRIL 19
Armenpress
YEREVAN, APRIL 18, ARMENPRESS: The former leader of the legendary
Polish “Solidarity”, laureate of the Nobel prize for peace and the
first democratically elected president of Poland Leh Valensa is
arriving in Armenia on Tuesday.
German DPA news agency said Valensa had expressed the desire to
visit Armenia last Friday during a meeting in Gdansk with Asilbek
Kozhakhmetov, the chairman of Kazakhstan’s opposition Democratic
Choice party.
In 1980-s Valensa was the leader of Solidarity trade-union fighting
for democratic reforms in Poland, in 1983 he was awarded Nobel Peace
prize and was elected Poland’s president in 1990, but lost next
election to current Polish
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress