President attended the opening of the Yerevan Show-2013 International Jewelry Exhibition

Սերժ Սարգսյան, տիկին Ռիտա Սարգսյան,«Երևան շոու-2013»

President Serzh Sargsyan and Mrs. Rita Sargsyan today attended the opening of the Yerevan Show-2013 International Jewelry Exhibition at the Karen Demirjian Sport and Concert Complex. The event is being held on the next day after the Jeweler’s National Day holiday established by the decree of the Government of Armenia.

At the exhibition, which has become a traditional event, presented are world famous companies manufacturing jewelry and watches, jewelers, suppliers of jewelry from Armenia and from two dozen countries from all over the world. Over 140 buyers have arrived to Armenia to participate in the Exhibition, which according to the organizers, is a good opportunity for the local companies to find new markets for their products.

The President of Armenia toured the pavilions of the Exhibition, observed jewelry products presented by 125 local and foreign companies, tools and devices for jewelry manufacturing, conversed with the participants of the Exhibition about the problems of the area and programs for future development.

With regard to the events organized in the framework of the Exhibition, President Sargsyan was informed that there is an intention to organize a conference entitled the “Current Situation in the Jewelry Production: Problems and Prospects.” At the Conference, the Chairman of the World Armenian Jewelers Association (AJA) Gagik Gevorkian will present Union’s project on establishing in Yerevan a jewelry free trade zone. At the Conference introduced will be the newly established the AJA’s research Fund of the Armenian Jewelers.

 

 

President attended the ceremony of reopening of the Izmirlian Medical Center

 Իզմիրլյան բժշկական կենտրոն,Սերժ Սարգսյանը , Ռիտա ՍարգսյանToday, President Serzh Sargsyan and Mrs. Rita Sargsyan along with His Holiness Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II and Swiss benefactors Tigran and Helena Izmirlian were present at the opening of the Izmirlian Medical Center in Yerevan.

The President of Armenia toured the premise renovated through the funding of the Izmirlian Foundation and Mrs. Louise Manoogian Simone and its new unit which along with its Saint Nerses the Great Center of medical science has become the largest charity project in the health care area of Armenia. Serzh Sargsyan familiarized with the accomplished works and health services provided by the Center.

The President of Armenia was informed that the main three principles of the Izmirlian Medical Center’s policies, which is functioning under the auspices of the Armenian Church, are affordability of the medical services, availability, and quality. It was noted that the Center is occupying an important place among the social programs implemented by the Armenian Church and aspires to provide affordable and available high-quality, high-tech medical services to as many patients as possible.

After the official ceremony of opening, President Serzh Sargsyan, together with the Supreme Patriarch, the national benefactor Tigran Izmirlian and members of his family planted trees in the courtyard of the Center.