[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 26006]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    HONONORING THE PRIME MINISTER OF ARMENIA, VASKEN SARKISSIAN AND 
                          DZOVINAR SARKISSIAN

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 19, 1999

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor His Excellency 
Vasken Sarkissian, the Prime Minister of Armenia. Mr. Sarkissian 
visited the United States Capitol earlier this month on the occasion of 
the birth of his niece, Dzovinar Sarkissian, on October 11, 1999.
  I want to congratulate the proud parents of Aram Sarkissian and his 
wife Arine, along with grandparents, Zavena and Gretta Sarkissian.
  Prime Minister Sarkissian is the former Defense Minister of Armenia.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate Aram and Arine Sarkissian for the 
arrival of their child Dzovinar Sarkissian and I thank Prime Minister 
Vasken Sarkissian for making a visit to our nation's Capitol. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in wishing the Sarkissian family many more years 
of good health and success.

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