CEREMONY IN ATHENS COMMEMORATING 90 ANNIVERSARY OF FIRST REPUBLIC
Panorama.am
15:26 03/06/2008
On 1 June a ceremony took place in "Horn" theatre in Athens
commemorating 90 anniversary of First Republic.
Vahan Hovhannisyan, ARF member and NA deputy, was invited to make a
speech, reported the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry
of Armenia.
According to the source Vahram Kajoyan, Ambassador of Armenia made
a speech, "A country having two years experience of independency
managed to stand such difficulties which no other country could.
Irrespective of the difficulties they managed to found a republic,
an army, university fighting against the enemy."
Vahan Hovhannisyan signifying the role of First Republic in the
establishment of Republic of Armenia said, "Today we should understand
that if once we were hopeless, powerless, and unwilling then we would
immerge with foreigners and we would be assimilated like many other
nations. That hope was to live May 28 again."
Panorama.am
15:26 03/06/2008
On 1 June a ceremony took place in "Horn" theatre in Athens
commemorating 90 anniversary of First Republic.
Vahan Hovhannisyan, ARF member and NA deputy, was invited to make a
speech, reported the press service of the Foreign Affairs Ministry
of Armenia.
According to the source Vahram Kajoyan, Ambassador of Armenia made
a speech, "A country having two years experience of independency
managed to stand such difficulties which no other country could.
Irrespective of the difficulties they managed to found a republic,
an army, university fighting against the enemy."
Vahan Hovhannisyan signifying the role of First Republic in the
establishment of Republic of Armenia said, "Today we should understand
that if once we were hopeless, powerless, and unwilling then we would
immerge with foreigners and we would be assimilated like many other
nations. That hope was to live May 28 again."