Embassy of the Republic of Armenia in London

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan starts his visit to London with meeting Secretary of State Rt. Hon. David Miliband on 27.10.2008

  Edward Nalbandyan meets Minister for Europe Caroline Flynt MP   Minister Nalbandyan is hosted at the Houses of Lords by the British-Armenian All Party Parliamentary Group (BAAPPG)
           
  A meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House)    Being interviewed at the BBC World Service at the Bush House   Meeting with the Armenian Community at The Cavalry and Guards Club
           
  Members of the British-Armenian community listen carefully to Armenia's foreign policy priorities explained by Foreign Minister Edward Nalbadyan   Ambassador Gabrielyan greets Her Majest'ys Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps, Charles Gray and Mrs Gabrielyan talks to Paul and Jackie Gulbenkian at Independence Day Reception. 22.09.2008    Ambassador Vahe Gabrielyan and spouse greet Councillor Joanna Gardner, Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea at the reception at the Cavalry and Guards Club
           
  Ambassador and Mrs. Hasmik Gabrielyan with renowned violinist Levon Chilingiran and Mrs. Suzan Pattie-Chilingirian   The Ambassador of Georgia Gela Charkviani, Armenia Country Director at EBRD Igor Podoliev, Ambassdor of Moldova, First Vice President Varel Freeman and Ambassador of Ukraine Ihor Kharchenko at the Embassy's Independence Day Reception   Parents watching the Flag Ceremony on  27/07/08 at the Homenentmen Scouts Camp in Chingford
           
  The Flag Ceremony at the Homenentmen Scouts Camping in Gillwell Park, Chingford   Small or big, all stand at attention   Ambassador Vahe Gabrielyan addresses the Scouts and their parents
     

 

   
  Carolyn Puzzovio, Principal Lecturer at the Lincoln School of Art and Design and organizor of the Exhibition speaks about the Armenian Alphabet   Edik Ghabuzayan, creator of  dozens of Armenian types (fonts) speaks at the openning of the exhibition   Ambassador Gabrielyan meets Gillian Merron, MP from Lincoln and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in DFID
     

 

   
  Ambassador Gabrielyan and Lincoln Mayor, Cllr. Ron Hills share impressions of the exhibition   Samples of Armenian medieval manuscripts at the exhibition in Lincoln   Armenian typefaces at display at the exhibition held in the Lincoln Cathedral, July 5th, 2008
           
  Jivan Gasparyan accompanies Italian rock singer Zucchero at Mandela's 90th birthday concert.   Jivan Gasparyan plays, among other celebrities, at Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday concert in Hyde Park. 27.06.2008   Workshop in Armenian studies in King's College, Cambridge University, June 7-8, 2008.
           
  Members of the Ladies' Committee of the Armenian House at the Armenian stall at the International Social Services Fair at Kensington Town Hall. May 13, 2008   Mrs. Yvonne Torikian knows well what the buyers like at the annual charity fair.   Director of the Institute of History, Prof. Ashot Melkonyan speaking of the Sardarapat & Shusi victories at K. Tahta Armenian Sunday School. 10.05.2008 
           
  Ambassador Gabrielyan speaks of the historic importance of the Sardarapat & Shushi victories and introduces speaker Prof. Melkonyan   Paying respects at the Soviet War Memorial at Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, Southwark, London, 09.05.2008   Ambassador Gabrielyan lays a wreath at Soviet War Memorial in memory of the victims of WW II. 09.05.2008
           
  Lord Avebury always knows what questions matter most   Dr. Susan Pattie Phd, analyses  the Genocide and the following realities from a cultural  anthropologist's perspective   Mr. Mike Joseph, broadcaster, writer and historian, holds up another piece of evidence and has everone's unshared attention.
           
  The audiece listens carefully to Mr. Memoyan's presentation   Mr. Ragip Zarakolu, the well-known writer, journalist and publisher from Istanbul adds the necessary dimension to the discussion   Mr. Haik Demoyan, Director of the Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide in Yerevan is the keynote speaker at the "Armenian Genocide: Truth and Politics" Conference
           
  Ambassador Gabrielyan's openning remarks at the "Armenian Genocide: Truth and Politics" Conference held at the House of Commons on May 6th, 2008   Violinist Hrachya Avanessyan performs at the annual Spring Remembrance Concert, organized by PR Musical Management and the Armenian Embassy at the Leighton House Museum. April 29th, 2008   Soprano Talar Dekrmanjian performs at the annual Spring Remembrance Concert, organized by PR Musical Management and the Armenian Embassy at the Leighton House Museum. April 29th, 2008
           
   Ambassador joins leaders of the British Armenian community at Cenotaph where the ACCC/CRAG-organized march ends by  laying wreaths and a prayer by Bishop Nathan Hovhannisyan   Ambassador Gabrielyan and Raffi Sarkissian, Chairman of CRAG (Committee for Recognition of Armenian Genocide) lay wreaths at Centopah for the memory of 1915 Genocide victims   Historical photos of the 1915 Genocide donated to the Embassy by Mr. Philip Audrey-Charles, whose father acquired them while in service in the British Navy during WW I.
           
  The "Luis" quintet from Armenia performing at the ACCC/CRAG-organized commeomorative eveining, 26th of April   Ambassador Gabrielyan speaking at the commemorative event in St. Yeghishe Church organized by CRAG/ACCC, April 26th   Holy Mass for the souls of the 1915 Genocide victims at the Khachkar on the grounds of the St. Sarkis Church on April 24th
           
  Ambassador Vahe Gabrielyan and CRAG Chairman Raffi Sarkissian laying wreaths at the Khachkar at St. Sarkis Church grounds on April 24th   Mrs. Hasmik Gabrielyan hosts a Ladies reception on Motherhood and Beauty Day, April7th.   Mrs. Gabrielyan and Ambassador congratulate ladies of the British Armenian community
           
  Commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Sumgait pogroms in Azerbaijan. House of Lords. 27.02.2008   Speakers included Baroness Cox, Ambassador Gabrielyan, the historian Cristopher Walker and Professor Ali Gueranmayeh.   Ambassdor Gabrielyan speaks at the Holocaust Memorial Service organized by the Barnet Council and held at the Middlesex University. 27.01.2008
           
  Dr. Gabrielyan introduces some  of the photos to the guests."Armenia through the eyes of photographers"was held in the Upper Waiting Hall of the House of Commons from January 14 to 17th.   Photographs of Armenia seem to have interested everyone.   Some pictures of the exhibition, depicting cultural life and architecture of Armenia. 
           
  Exhibition was organized by the Armenian Embassy and the British-Armenian All Party Parliamentary Group.   At the annual Embassy New Year Reception. 09.01.2008   Odette Bazil is excited to have received from the Ambassador her "Movses Khorenatsi" medal bestowed on her by President Robert Kocharyan for her outstanding contribution to Armenian-Brirish relations. 09.01.2008

 

        

 

 

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