FIRST LADIES OF ARMENIA, RUSSIA VISIT ETCHMIADZIN AND TSITSERNAKABERD
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05.05.2009 18:37
The First Lady of the Russian Federation, Svetlana Medvedeva, arrived
in Yerevan today at the invitation of the First Lady of Armenia,
Mrs. Rita Sargsyan.
>From Zvartnots Airport the First Ladies of Armenia and Russia headed
for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, where they were hosted by His
Holiness Garegin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians.
Rita Sargsyan and Svetlana Medvedeva visited the Memorial to the
Armenian Genocide victims in Tsitsernakaberd. Russia’s First Lady
left a note in the Book of Honorary Guests at the Armenian Genocide
Museum-Institute.
In the evening the First Ladies will attend the first night of Aram
Khachatryan’s "Spartak" ballet at the National Academic Theatre after
Alexander Spendiaryan.