ArmInfo.The delegation of the Global Leadership Foundation arrived in Yerevan at the invitation of Armenian President Armen Sarkissian.
As the press service of the RA President reports, The delegation is composed of Thomas Pickering, a retired American diplomat who served as US envoy to the United Nation from 1989 to 1992, Swiss ex-President Micheline Calmy-Rey, Herve Ladsous - a former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations (2011- 2017), as well as Global Leadership Foundation Projects Director Amitav Banerji.
During the visit, the delegation members will meet with the top leadership of the republic, will visit the Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin and the Tsitsernakaberd memorial complex.
All members of the Global Leadership Foundation are senior officials, some of whom are heads of state or government. In 2006-2013 Armen Sarkissian was a member of the Board of the Foundation.
This independent non-profit organization provides support to political leaders around the world, providing them access to the experience of former leaders.
Since 2004, when the foundation was established, the organization has advised on such areas as regional security, modernization of the security sector, opposition to terrorist organizations and the release of prisoners, political reconciliation and implementation of international agreements, elections and economic reforms, trade and resource management, development of democratic institutions, the availability of humanitarian assistance, conflict management, etc.