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HARUT SASSOUNIAN AWARDED FOR HIS HUGE INPUT INTO PROMOTING ARMENIA AND ARMENIANS
ARMENPRESS
Oct 22, 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 22, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian government press office
said today prime minister Serzh Sarkisian has decreed to award Harut
Sassounian the memorial medal of the Armenian prime minister.
A press release by the press office said Mr. Sassounian was awarded the
medal for his long-time activities to promote Armenia and Armenians,
implementation of a series of charity projects in Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh and for his huge contribution into charity programs.
The government press office said Serzh Sarkisian awarded the medal
during a visit to the Los Angeles, USA.
Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly
newspaper based in Glendale, California. His editorials dealing with
political analysis on international affairs are reprinted by scores
of U.S. and overseas publications.
He is also the founder and President of the United Armenian Fund,
a coalition of several largest Armenian-American charitable and
religious organizations. The U.A.F. has supplied some $500 million
of humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 140 airlifts and 1,300
sea containers since the 1988 earthquake.
As Vice Chairman of Kirk Kerkorian's Lincy Foundation, Harut Sassounian
oversaw the implementation of multi-million infrastructure-related
projects in Armenia, including construction of 3,674 apartments,
bridges, tunnels, highways, and city streets, renovation of 34 cultural
institutions, as well as providing $20 million of loans to small and
medium-size businesses.
He is currently overseeing Lincy's new $60 million projects to renovate
schools, roads and streets in Armenia.
ARMENPRESS
Oct 22, 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 22, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian government press office
said today prime minister Serzh Sarkisian has decreed to award Harut
Sassounian the memorial medal of the Armenian prime minister.
A press release by the press office said Mr. Sassounian was awarded the
medal for his long-time activities to promote Armenia and Armenians,
implementation of a series of charity projects in Armenia and
Nagorno-Karabakh and for his huge contribution into charity programs.
The government press office said Serzh Sarkisian awarded the medal
during a visit to the Los Angeles, USA.
Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly
newspaper based in Glendale, California. His editorials dealing with
political analysis on international affairs are reprinted by scores
of U.S. and overseas publications.
He is also the founder and President of the United Armenian Fund,
a coalition of several largest Armenian-American charitable and
religious organizations. The U.A.F. has supplied some $500 million
of humanitarian assistance to Armenia on board 140 airlifts and 1,300
sea containers since the 1988 earthquake.
As Vice Chairman of Kirk Kerkorian's Lincy Foundation, Harut Sassounian
oversaw the implementation of multi-million infrastructure-related
projects in Armenia, including construction of 3,674 apartments,
bridges, tunnels, highways, and city streets, renovation of 34 cultural
institutions, as well as providing $20 million of loans to small and
medium-size businesses.
He is currently overseeing Lincy's new $60 million projects to renovate
schools, roads and streets in Armenia.