RA PRIME MINISTER AWARDED BARONESS CAROLINE COX
RIA OREANDA
Economic News
September 26, 2008 Friday
Russia
Yerevan. ">OREANDA-NEWS . September 26, 2008. In accordance with
a decree signed today by RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, for
outstanding contribution to the strengthening and development of
Armenian-British relations and for friendly ties maintained with
the people of Armenia, chairwoman of the British-Armenian all-party
parliamentary group, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland House of Lords Vice-Speaker, Baroness Caroline Cox was awarded
RA Prime Minister’s commemorative medal. The medal was presented to the
Baroness during a meeting held at the Office of Government later today.
In the course of her planned visit to the NKR and Armenia, Baroness
Cox was accompanied by a numerous delegation of people interested
in Armenia and Artsakh the members of which, in Baroness’s words,
are supposed to become the best friends of Armenia.
Greeting the guests, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan conveyed his
gratitude to Caroline Cox by noting that she is well-known in both
Armenia and Artsakh for her many missions carried out in these parts.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland House of Lords
Vice-Speaker, Baroness Caroline Cox advised the head of the Armenian
government that she has arrived in our country to attend jubilee
celebrations for a rehabilitation center established in Artsakh over
a decade ago owing to her efforts which is now deemed to be among
the best ones in the South Caucasian region.
Baroness Cox thanked the Prime Minister for the decoration and his
kind remarks. She asked Tigran Sargsyan about the impact that may
have on the Karabakh peace process Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s
declaration of independence, the current status of the Armenian-Turkish
relationship and the approaches of the Armenian authorities following
the Turkish President’s recent visit to Armenia.
The Prime Minister gave the Baroness a detailed account of our
country’s official standpoint which has already been made public on
several occasions.