PETER BALAKIAN DELIVERS IN LEBANON LECTURES DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN
GENOCIDE
ATTENTION: CORRECTED VERSION OF THE MAY 27 MATERIAL BEIRUT, MAY 30,
NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Armenian
Genocide and the 50th foundation anniversary of the Lebanon Haykazian
University, lectures about the Armenian Genocide of Peter Balakian, an
American Armenian writer and researcher, took place on May 23 and 24
by the joint organization of the Haykazian University and the US
Embassy in Lebanon. Areg Hovhannisian, the RA Ambassador to Lebanon
and the US Charge d'Affaires were present at the lecture which took
place in the hall of the first Evangelic Church of Beirut on May
24. As Noyan Tapan was informed from the Press Center of the State
Commision on organizing events dedicated to the 90th anniversary of
the Armenian Genocide, the next day, on May 25, Peter Balakian visited
the Embassy of Armenia in Lebanon accompanied by representatives of
the Haykazian University's lecturers' and professors' staff. At the
end of the meeting, Ambassador Areg Hovhannisian presented Peter
Balakian a souvenir.