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Published on April 01, 2011
SWISS PRESIDENT COMPLETES HER VISIT TO ARMENIA
- The Armenian President's residence hosted Friday an official farewell ceremony for Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey who has been on an official visit to Armenia.
Prior to the farewell ceremony, the Presidents met privately to sum up the results of the visit.
Sargsyan expressed the hope that the Swiss President's visit will contribute to strengthening of Armenian-Swiss relations. He noted that Micheline Calmy-Rey's first official visit, which focused on a wide range of issues of mutual interest, will boost reinforcement and development of relations in bilateral and multilateral formats.
Micheline Calmy-Rey expressed gratitude for warm reception saying the visit showed the countries' readiness to develop bilateral ties.
"Switzerland is a reliable partner and friendly country," Micheline Calmy-Rey said in conclusion.
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Today in Armenian history- 1396 Tamerlane returns to Transcaucasia via the Alans.
- 1657 Birth of church-figure, musicologist, and writer Aveteek Yevdokatsee in Paris.
- 1846 Petros Minasyan (president) and Mkrtich Peshiktashlyan (secretary) create the cultural association named "Association of the United Nation" in Constantinople.
- 1861 Death of Mkrtich Amira Jezayilian, one of the founders of theNersissian School in Khasgyoogh. He was born in 1805.
- 1863 Garegin Srvanjtiants edits the "Eagle of Taron" periodical at the St. Karapet monastery in Moush and issues 43 numbers.
- 1878 Birth of Movses Arazee (Harootyoonyan), writer of the "Israel Oree" and "The Sun" novels, in Yerevan. He died in 1964.
- 1906 The Bolshevik "Spark" newspaper first published in Tbilissi (Georgia) by Shahoomyan and Spandiaryan. Its publication was forbidden in August.
- 1908 Birth of seismologist Armenak Nazarov in Paris. He was a professor and member of the Academy of Sciences.
- 1909 Birth of civil engineer Vazreek Sekoyan in Igdir.
- 1910 Birth of trumpeter and conductor Tsolak Vardazarian in Stepanavan (formerly Jalaloghlee).
- 1918 The independent government of Van, being surrounded by Turkish and Kurdish forces, retreated to Iraq.
- 1920 Birth of Academician, linguist, and Doctor of Philological Sciences, Gevorg Jahookyan in Shahnazar (now Metsavan), Kalinino (Dasheer) region of Loree Province. He is a Professor with an interest in contemporary Armenian.
- 1920 After the Genocide of the Armenians of Marash, Hatjn, and Oorfa, the Kemalist Turkish army laid seige to Ayntab. After a 15-day defense, some 18000 were saved from murder. With the betrayal of the French forces, which suddenly withdrew from Cilicia to ahnd over the territory to the Kemalists, however, these Armenians had to flee, in 1921, to Syria.
- 1921 Bolsheviks regain control of Yerevan after having lost it during the February revolt.
- 1924 Birth of Karapet (Garoosh) Karapetian in Gyoomree (formerly Alexandropol then Leninakan). He was a coach and important sports figure. He was first Vice President of the European Weight Lifting Federation.
- 1928 Birth of Vladimir Greegoryan in Yerevan: a philologist, professor, and linguist. He was one of the creators of the first translation machine in the USSR. He died in 2001.
- 1930 Birth of actor and film directorr Khoren Abrahamyan.
- 1933 Birth, in Constantinople (Istanbul) of the linguist Barsegh Tooghladjyan. He authored bilingual and trilingual general and specialized dictionaries. He also authored "Ovgyanos", an encyclopedic, etymological dictionary in three volumes.
- 1935 Inauguration of the Russian Pedagogical Institute in Yerevan.
- 1938 First meeting of the Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences.
- 1958 Opening of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute in Yerevan.
- 1984 Under pressure from Turkey, the Canadian government terrorizes Toronto by alleging that "Armenian terrorists" had planted a bomb in the city's subway system. No bomb was ever found. The disclosure of any evidence was denied by Canadian police forces (CSIS and RCMP) under the pretext of "National Security".
- 1993 Artsakh forces control Kelbajar (Artsakh).
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