| November 27, 2005: Armenian citizens in Canada voted in a referendum on constitutional reforms in Armenia that proposed to transfer parts of the President’s prerogatives to the Parliament and the Government, strengthen the judiciary law, intensify further democratization in the country:click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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| November 11, 2005: Ambassador Ara Papian among the students and the teaching staff of the Armenian High School of the Armenian Relief Society of Toronto. :click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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| October 26, 2005: Ambassador Ara Papian among the students and teaching staff of the N. Nork Educational and Cultural Centre of Yerevan visited to the Embassy under the auspices of the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Armenian General Benevolent Union:click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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October 20, 2005: Ambassador Ara Papian participated at the Official Book Launch. :click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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September 9, 2005: Ambassador Ara Papian received Mr.Levon Barkhudaryan, Chairman of the Board of the “Armimpexbank". :click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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| June 21, 2005: Ambassador Ara Papian received the delegation of the Agricultural Cooperative Bank of Armenia (ACBA) headed by Mr. Stepan Gishyan, General Manager of the Bank. :click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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| June 9, 2005: Ambassador Ara Papian talking to a group of students of the Toronto Zaroukian School. :click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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| June 15, 2005: Ambassador Ara Papian talking to a group of students of the Toronto Sourb Khach School. :click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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January 17, 2005: Members of the Armenian and non-Armenian Canadians were given
a warm welcome at the Christmas reception at the Embassy. Ambassador Ara Papian addressed the reception & greeted guests on the occasion of New Year and Christmas.
There were New Year surprises & amazing presentations at the event. Raffi Niziblian, representative of the “Armenia & its Culture” volunteer organization, introduced the organizations activities in improving the educational facilities in Armenia. :click on the thumbnail to view larger image:
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| October 15 -16, 2004: H.E. Mr. Arman Kirakossian, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the USA (Centre), had a key-note speech on the occasion of the National Holiday - the Day of Independence of the Republic of Armenia. :click on the thumbnail to view larger image: |
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| May 27, 2004: Ambassador
Ara Papian speaking at the Reception in the Commonwealth Room
of the Canadian Parliament. The reception was
jointly hosted by the Armenian Embassy in Canada and Armenian
National Committee of Canada to celebrate the 86th Anniversary
of the First Republic. :click on the thumbnail
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| May 27, 2004: Mr.
Hrant Markarian (R),Chairman of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation,
a member-party of coalition government of the Republic of Armenia,
with Ambassador Ara Papian at the Armenian Embassy in Ottawa :click on the thumbnail
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| May, 2004: Members
of the Armenian National Committee of Canada meeting with Armenian
Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian during their trip to Yerevan. (L. to R.) Agob Der Khachadurian, Girair Basmadjian,
Vartan Oskanian, Ara Papian, Aris Babikian. :click
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| April 24, 2004: Ambassador
Ara Papian and members of the Armenian-Canadian communities
laying a wreath at the monument Armenia Immortal in commemoration of the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. :click on the thumbnail to view larger
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| April 23, 2004: Ambassador
Ara Papian with His Eminence His Eminence Archbishop Barkev
Mardirossian, Primate of the Diocese of Nagorno Karabakh during
Archbishop's visit to Ottawa. :click
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| March 27, 2004: Armenian-Canadian
photographer Hrair "Hawk" Khatcherian (left) and Ambassador
Ara Papian during the exhibit of Hawk's photographs at the Armenian
Embassy. The event, which featured a screening of
Hawk's new DVD Desecration was jointly organized by the Young
Armenian Professionals of Ottawa and the Armenian Embassy in
Canada. :click on the thumbnail to view
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| March 3, 2004: Ambassador
Ara Papian with His Eminence Bishop Bagrat Galstanian, Primate
of the Canadian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church (left)
and Reverend Father Babken Vartabed Salpiyan, Vicar General
of Javakhk (largley Armenian-populated region of the Republic
of Georgia bordering Armenia and Turkey) at the Embassy. :click on the thumbnail to view
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| January 4, 2004: Ambassador
Ara Papian addressing members of the Armenian community of Ottawa
at the Christmas reception at the Embassy. :click on the thumbnail to view larger
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| October, 2003: Members
of the second delegation of the members of the Armenian National
Assembly posing in front of the Armenian Embassy in Ottawa during
their visit to Canada for the fourth leg of
the Parliamentary Exchange of the Canada-Armenia Parliamentary
Friendship Group. Pictured are, left to right: Aleksan Karapetyan
(National Unity), Samvel Balasanyan (Rule of Law), Ambassador
Ara Papian, Sukias Avetisyan (Republican Party), Victor Saghomonyan
(Chief of Staff of the President of the National Assembly). :click on the thumbnail to view larger
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| 2004: Reception
at the Embassy on the occasion of the 12th Anniversary of Independence
of the Republic of Armenia :click on the
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| June 16, 2003: Ambassador
Ara Papian talking to a group of students of the Toronto Sourb
Khach School. :click
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| May 25, 2003: The Armenian Embassy in Ottawa was transformed into
a polling station so that Armenian citizens temporarily residing
in Canada could cast their votes in elections for the National
Assembly of the Republic of Armenia and a referendum on amendments
to the Armenian Constitution. :click
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| May 16, 2003: Ambassador
Ara Papian talking to a group of students of the Toronto Tsarukian
School. :click
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| April 24, 2003: Ambassador
Ara Papian and the staff of the Armenian Embassy in Ottawa placing
flowers at the monument Armenia Immortal in
commemoration of the victims of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. :click
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| March 31, 2003: Ambassador
Ara Papian presenting Ms. Maro Frounjian, Chairwoman of the
Armenian Relief Society of Canada with a commemorative plaque
at the Armenian Embassy in Ottawa. :click
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| March 22, 2003: Ambassador
Ara Papian talking to a group of students of the St. Hagop Church
Saturday School. :click
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| Februaty 19, 2003: L
to R: Michael Bagratuni, Chairman of the Electoral Commission,
Hayk Berikian, Secretary of the Electoral Commission and Ripsime
Papian, Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission, counting
votes on the first round of the Presidential Elections. :click
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| January 23, 2003: L
to R: Ambassador Ara Papian; Liberal MP, Chair of the Sub-Committee
on National Security, Derek Lee; Chairman of the Standing Committe
on Defense, National Security and Internal Affairs of the Armenian
National Assembly, Vahan Hovhannissian, Chairman of the Armenian
National Committe of Canada, Dr.Girair Basmadjian and Chairman
of the ANCA Ottawa, Paul Douzdjian at the Armenian Embassy during
Mr. Hovhannissian's visit to Canada. :click
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| January 18, 2003: Ambassador
Ara Papian (right) presenting Paul Adjeleian, a friend of the
Embassy and an active member of the Armenain community of Ottawa,
with a commemorative plaque at a Christmas Reception at the
Armenian Embassy. :click
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| September 6, 2002: Ambassador
Ara Papian presenting a symbol of the city of Montreal sculpted
from Armenian tufa by Hayk Tokmajyan to Mayor of Montreal Gerald
Tremblay. Montreal and Yerevan are twin
cities since July 2001. :click
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| August 19, 2002: Mrs. Mariam Bedoukian Sinn donated an Armenian
needle lace to the Armenian Embassy in Ottawa. The donation
was made in the memory of her father, Kerop Bedoukian and her
grandmother, Serpouhi Der Mesropian Bedoukian. :click
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| July, 2002: Armenian
Embassy organized a series of concerts of the renowned Choir
Little Singers of Armenia (musical director and principal conductor
Maestro Tigran Hekekian) in Montreal and Toronto. :click
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| May, 2002: A
group of Armenian-Candians from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver
and St. Catherine visited Armenian Embassy in Ottawa. :click
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| May, 2002: A
group of students of the Armenian School in Montreal visited
the Embassy. :click
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| April, 2002: Internationally
acclaimed Armenian-Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian signing
her latest CD at a reception at the Embassy. :click
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