PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN PARTICIPATED AT THE CEREMONY OF UNVEILING OF THE MONUMENT DEDICATED TO FRITYOF NANSEN

Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia

Nov 9 2011

Today, President Serzh Sargsyan participated at the ceremony of
unveiling of the monument dedicated to Frityof Nansen which has been
installed in the center of Yerevan. Opening of the monument dedicated
to the celebrated Norwegian polar explorer, great humanist, Noble
Peace Prize winner, and friend of the Armenian people Frityof Nansen
has been organized in the framework of the events dedicated to his
150th birth anniversary.

Present at the ceremony were also the Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Kingdom of Norway Jonas Gahr Store and granddaughter of Nansen
Marit Greve.

After the opening ceremony, President Serzh Sargyan handed to Mrs.

Marit Greve the passport of the Republic of Armenia which provides the
holder with special status and on behalf of the people of Armenia and
his own behalf expressed gratitude for the fact that Frityof Nansen
provided thousands of Armenians through this kind of passports of
special status with an opportunity to find their place in the world.