PETER BALAKIAN DELIVERS LECTURES DEDICATED TO ARMENIAN GENOCIDE IN LIBYA
BEIRUT, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide and the 50th foundation anniversary of the
Libya Haykazian University, lectures about the Armenian Genocide of
Peter Balakian, an American Armenian writer and researcher, took place
on May 23 and 24 by the joint organization of the Haykazian University
and the US Embassy in Libya. Areg Hovhannisian, the RA Ambassador to
Libya and the US Acting Charge d'Affaires were present at the lecture
which took place in the hall of the first Evangelic Church of Beirut
on May 24. As Noyan Tapan was informed from the Press Center of the
State Commision on organizing events dedicated to the 90th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide, the next day, on May 25, Peter Balakian
visited the Embassy of Armenia in Libya accompanied by representatives
of the Haykazian University's lecturers' and professors' staff. At the
end of the meeting, Ambassador Areg Hovhannisian presented Peter
Balakian a souvenir.
BEIRUT, MAY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. On the occasion of the 90th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide and the 50th foundation anniversary of the
Libya Haykazian University, lectures about the Armenian Genocide of
Peter Balakian, an American Armenian writer and researcher, took place
on May 23 and 24 by the joint organization of the Haykazian University
and the US Embassy in Libya. Areg Hovhannisian, the RA Ambassador to
Libya and the US Acting Charge d'Affaires were present at the lecture
which took place in the hall of the first Evangelic Church of Beirut
on May 24. As Noyan Tapan was informed from the Press Center of the
State Commision on organizing events dedicated to the 90th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide, the next day, on May 25, Peter Balakian
visited the Embassy of Armenia in Libya accompanied by representatives
of the Haykazian University's lecturers' and professors' staff. At the
end of the meeting, Ambassador Areg Hovhannisian presented Peter
Balakian a souvenir.