Louise Simon-Manougian's Visit to Stepanakert

[Karakhanian Suren]

LOUISE SIMON-MANOUGIAN'S VISIT TO STEPANAKERT

Azat Artsakh - Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR)
29 Dec 04

On December 24 American Armenian benefactor Louise Simon-Manougian
arrived in Stepanakert. The aim of her visit is to see what works have
been done on the means donated to Artsakh by her. Accompanied by
President Arkady Ghukassian, Prime Minister Anoushavan Danielian and
other officials Louise Simon-Manougian and her daughter Christine
visited several building sites, as well as the chess school, the
11-storey block of flats provided to the families of killed
azatamartiks, the old people's home, several shops and other
publicplaces in the city. Louise Simon-Manougian was interested in
everything: conditions of life, the amount of shop customers,
technical problems of the new building of the school N 7, problems of
comfort and design. `The keen attention of Louise Simon-Manougian
towards Karabakh is natural,' mentioned Arkady Ghukassian in the
end. `The fact that Louise Simon Manougian is here today is also
symbolic for both her and us.' In reference to the new programs of the
benefactor, Arkady Ghukassian said, `You know that this year Louise
Simon-Manougian sponsors the building of a school. During the telethon
she donated 2 million dollars. Asthe programs financed by her have not
been completed yet, it is still early to speak about new programs.'

SUSANNA BALAYAN.
29-12-2004