NICOSIA, JANUARY 13, NOYAN TAPAN-GIBRAHAYER. The Office of the Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian has informed us that the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan arrives to Cyprus on Monday 17 January at 9:00am for an official visit to Cyprus. He is being accompanied by a delegation of Armenian businessmen who will attend a joint Armenia - Cyprus business forum in Nicosia, reported Simon Aynedjian (Gibrahayer e-magazine). President Serzh Sargsyan will have meetings with President Demetris Christofias at the Presidential Palace, the President of the Cyprus House of Representatives Marios Garoyian, as well as Archbishop Chrysostomos. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will address an afternoon special session of the Cyprus Parliament at 3:30pm, that will be aired live from the Cyprus national TV RIK. Together with Armenian MP Vartkes Mahdessian, President Sargsyan will visit Nareg school in the afternoon and at 5:00pm attend the opening of old Armenian manuscripts exhibition at the Cultural Center of the Ministry of Education and Culture at Ifigenias 27 (off Armenia street). The official visit of the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to Cyprus will be concluded by a dinner at the Presidential Palace.

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