Geneva, Switzerland
Advancing the Heritage of Armenians in Jewellery
AJF AT LA FRANCOPHONIE
Canadian Senator & AJF Patron Honourable Raymond Setlakwe | |
Upon the invitation of Canadian Minister of Tourism, Official Languages, Honourable Melanie Joly, AJF Chairman Pierre Akkelian joined the Canadian delegation to the 17th La Francophonie Summit in Yerevan. Mr. Akkelian attended side events and more notably the first Francophonie Economic Forum, which was organized in Yerevan and Tsaghkazor. He joined Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s visit to the Genocide Memorial where he was interviewed, together with Canadian Senator and AJF patron the Honourable Raymond Setlakwe who is of Armenian origin. Visitors also attended the Digitec show and other side events (watch interviews by Akkelian and Setlakwe in H1 National and Gala TV). |
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Deputy Minster Mane Adamian, IDeA Foundation CEO Rafi Baghdjian, AJF supporter Hovel Chenorhokian, wiz-kids Arman Barseghyan and Papken Ghazaryan at Digitec | |
Hovel Chenorhokian, Pierre Akkelian, IDeA board member Pierre Gurdjian and CEO Rafi Baghdjian at TUMO center economic forum | At the Aurora booth in the Village de la Francophonie with Hovel Chenorhokian, IDeA Foundation’s Veronika Zonabend and Armenia’s First Lady Anna Hakobyan-Pashinyan |