PRESS RELEASE
March 22, 2005
Embassy of the Republic of Armenia
2225 R Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20008
Tel: 202-319-1976, x. 348; Fax: 202-319-2982
Email: armecon@speakeasy.net; Web: www.armeniaemb.org

Farewell Reception for Ambassador Arman Kirakossian Held at the Embassy of Armenia

Hundreds of well-wishers came to the Embassy of Armenia from as far away as Massachusetts, Michigan, and Indiana to bid farewell to Armenia’s Ambassador to the United States, Dr. Arman Kirakossian at a special reception on March 18, 2005. Ambassador Kirakossian’s more than 5-years-long tenure as Armenia’s top envoy in Washington, DC has come to an end, and he will soon depart for Yerevan to continue his diplomatic service at the Foreign Ministry.

Among the guests were Ambassador’s senior counterparts from U.S. State Department and other U.S. government agencies, including Chief of Protocol Ambassador Donald Ensenat and State Department’s Special Coordinator for NIS Assistance, Co-Chair of U.S.-Armenia Task Force Thomas Adams, Ambassador Kirakossian’s personal friends among the Chiefs of Missions and other representatives of Washington-based foreign diplomatic corps, prominent Armenian-Americans, including Prelate Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Diocesan Legate Bishop Vicken Aykazian, Connecticut State Representative John C. Geragosian, Majority Caucus Chair of the Connecticut General Assembly, representatives of the Armenian-American political, cultural, and educational organizations, and members of the Armenian community of Greater Washington.