GOVERNMENT 'POSTPONES' OPENING OF MONUMENT IN YEREVAN FOR 5 TIMES NOW
Tert.am
21:59 31.10.11
The opening of a monument in Yerevan dedicated to relations between
Armenia and the Arab world has for five times been postponed,
according to an article by the Armenian-langue newspaper Azdak
published in Lebanon.
The author, Met Terterian, writes that the construction of the "Arabic
Gratitude" was completed in March 2009. He then claims that last
time Armenia's government has postponed the opening was on October
5 this year.
He slow writes that the government had initially agreed to celebrate
the opening with great fanfare with the presence of foreign
ambassadors, the president and the Catholicos.
Further, he writes that the sculptor, Varoujan Salatyan, conceived
the idea by taking into account two factors - the geopolitical fortune
Armenia and the Arab world shared, and the assistance Arabs generally
provided the survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
Terterian then asks if the decision by Armenia's government to postpone
the opening of the monument has been made under pressure from Turkey,
Israel and US.
Tert.am
21:59 31.10.11
The opening of a monument in Yerevan dedicated to relations between
Armenia and the Arab world has for five times been postponed,
according to an article by the Armenian-langue newspaper Azdak
published in Lebanon.
The author, Met Terterian, writes that the construction of the "Arabic
Gratitude" was completed in March 2009. He then claims that last
time Armenia's government has postponed the opening was on October
5 this year.
He slow writes that the government had initially agreed to celebrate
the opening with great fanfare with the presence of foreign
ambassadors, the president and the Catholicos.
Further, he writes that the sculptor, Varoujan Salatyan, conceived
the idea by taking into account two factors - the geopolitical fortune
Armenia and the Arab world shared, and the assistance Arabs generally
provided the survivors of the Armenian Genocide.
Terterian then asks if the decision by Armenia's government to postpone
the opening of the monument has been made under pressure from Turkey,
Israel and US.