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  • Armenian PM to be buried in Komitas Pantheon

    ITAR-TASS News Agency, Turkey
    March 26, 2007 Monday 03:13 AM EST


    Armenian PM to be buried in Komitas Pantheon

    BY the decree of the Armenian President, the day of the funeral of
    Andranik Margaryan will be a day of mourning in Armenia. The heads of
    ministries and agencies of the republic, regional leaders and the
    mayor of Yerevan were assigned to put the national flags at
    half-mast. The national flags of Armenia will also be put at
    half-mast over the Armenian diplomatic missions abroad.

    YEREVAN, March 26



    Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, who died on Sunday, will
    be buried in the Yerevan Pantheon named after Komitas, next to the
    outstanding cultural personalities of Armenia. A corresponding
    resolution was adopted at a Monday meeting of the state commission
    for the organisation of the funeral, headed by parliamentary speaker
    Tigran Torosyan.

    A civilian funeral service will be held in the flat of the deceased
    on Tuesday, and on Wednesday the coffin with the dead body of
    Margaryan will be installed in the lobby of the Opera and Ballet
    Theatre named after Alexander Spendiarov, where the farewell ceremony
    will be held. After that the procession will move to the pantheon.
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