VISIT OF AMBASSADOR H.E. MS. BAGDASSARIAN TO AVIGLIANA (TURIN)

18 June, 2016

Saturday, June 18 in the Council Hall of the Municipality of Avigliana in the Province of Turin, the designated Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Italy H.E. Ms. Victoria Bagdassarian attended and made a speech during the signing ceremony of the Twinning Protocol between Avigliana and Sevan Municipalities in the presence of local authorities, civil society and Armenian communities members from Turin, Milan, Como and Venice. The aims of the Twinning protocol are the schools’ cooperation through cultural exchanges, the collaboration in the music and tourism sectors and the development of joint projects in these areas.

Prof. Angelo Patrizio, Mayor of Avigliana, Mr. Andrea Archinà, Vice Mayor and Assessor to Culture, Tourism, Business and Handicraft sectors, Ms. Giulia Bussetti Assessor to Environmental Policy, Agriculture and Twinning projects, Mr. Arnaldo Reviglio, Municipal Counsellor, and the Mayor of Sevan. Mr. Rudik Ghukasyan were present at the ceremony.

In his speech the Mayor of Avigliana mentioned that "two small towns have realized a big and important task for the development of bilateral friendly relations."
In her remarks Ambassador Bagdassaryan has underlined the importance of decentralised cooperation between the two countries and thanked the mayors, as well as Eng. Garen Kokciyan for their dedication and contribution.

After the signing of the Protocol, the Ambassador attended the inauguration and blessing of a traditional Armenian stele posed in the roundabout of the Virgin Mary in Pontetto Street in Avigliana, a gift of the city of Sevan and of countryman Eng. Garen Kokciyan.

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