Barroso comes to Armenia=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s aid: EPP Summit “saves=?UTF-8?B?4oCdIA==?=Armenia=?UTF-8?B?4oCZ?=s modest guest list in 2012

While Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and his foreign minister have traveled around the world extensively in 2012, they don't seem to have played host to many senior guests in their own country during the year.

Hosting European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and neighboring Georgia's leader attending a major European summit in Yerevan these days is rather an exception that proves what has been a rule for Armenia recently.

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Pridents Serzh Sargsya welcomes President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov (right)

Meanwhile, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, the authoritarian leader of Turkmenistan, a Central Asian country rich in natural gas resources, has been the highest guest to pay an official visit to Armenia (November 29-30) as head of state so far this year.  Read more... (709 words, 2 images)

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