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MEMORIAL DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE'S VICTIMS UNVEILED IN PARK NAMED REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA IN ARGENTINA
Noyan Tapan
Nov 7, 2007
NEUQUEN, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A park named
Republic of Armenia was opened on November 2 in one of the central
districts of Argentine Patagonia's city of Neuquen. The opening
ceremony was done by Vladimir Karmirshalian, the RA Ambassador to
Argentina, and Neuquen Mayor Horasio Kiroga. Nearly 30 Armenians
residing in various places of Patagonia, representatives of provincial
and town authorities, NGOs were present at the event. The solemn
ceremony was concluded by a concert of Armenian dance ensemble from
Cordoba in the newly opened park.
The details of the park's opening ceremony and the meeting held between
RA Ambassador Vladimir Karmirshalian and Neuquen Governor Jorge Omar
Sobich, which preceded the ceremony, were widely presented by the
local television and other media.
The same day, RA Ambassador V. Karmirshalian and Alberto Veretelnik,
the Mayor of Chipoletti, unveiled a memorial to the victims of
Armenian Genocide in the park of the city of Chipoletti of Rio Negro
province near the Neuquen province, named Republic of Armenia since
April 24 this year. Few Armenians residing in Chipoletti and in its
neighboring regions, representatives of town authorities and NGOs,
journalists were present at the ceremony.
Vladimir Karmirshalian, the RA Ambassador to Argentina, and Mayor A.
Veretelnik made speeches at the ceremony. This event was also concluded
by a concert of the Armenian ensemble, which had arrived from Cordoba.
Noyan Tapan
Nov 7, 2007
NEUQUEN, NOVEMBER 7, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A park named
Republic of Armenia was opened on November 2 in one of the central
districts of Argentine Patagonia's city of Neuquen. The opening
ceremony was done by Vladimir Karmirshalian, the RA Ambassador to
Argentina, and Neuquen Mayor Horasio Kiroga. Nearly 30 Armenians
residing in various places of Patagonia, representatives of provincial
and town authorities, NGOs were present at the event. The solemn
ceremony was concluded by a concert of Armenian dance ensemble from
Cordoba in the newly opened park.
The details of the park's opening ceremony and the meeting held between
RA Ambassador Vladimir Karmirshalian and Neuquen Governor Jorge Omar
Sobich, which preceded the ceremony, were widely presented by the
local television and other media.
The same day, RA Ambassador V. Karmirshalian and Alberto Veretelnik,
the Mayor of Chipoletti, unveiled a memorial to the victims of
Armenian Genocide in the park of the city of Chipoletti of Rio Negro
province near the Neuquen province, named Republic of Armenia since
April 24 this year. Few Armenians residing in Chipoletti and in its
neighboring regions, representatives of town authorities and NGOs,
journalists were present at the ceremony.
Vladimir Karmirshalian, the RA Ambassador to Argentina, and Mayor A.
Veretelnik made speeches at the ceremony. This event was also concluded
by a concert of the Armenian ensemble, which had arrived from Cordoba.