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ARAM MANUKYAN: ORIGINAL COPY OF INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION NOT LOST
Tert.am
23.09.11
Armenia's Declaration of Independence is where it is supposed to be,
says Aram Manukyan, the chairman of the Armenian Pan-National Movement
(a central political force in the opposition alliance Armenian
National Congress).
Speaking to Tert.am, Manukyan said that neither the original copy
of the Declaration (dated August 23, 1990) nor the Supreme Council's
decision (dated September 21, 1991) have been lost.
It comes after Amatuni Virabyan, the director of the National Archive
of Armenia, said their institution does not have the Declaration
text signed by Armenia's first president, Levon Ter-Petrosyan (who
is currently the leader of the opposition alliance).
"We do not have the original Independence Declaration signed by
Levon Ter-Petrosyan. We have a sealed copy with a sample signature
and consider it to be the original. They say there were three
copies. One is at [Ter-Petrosyan's] disposal; Aram Manukyan has the
other copy though he has told me his car was looted and the document
was unfortunately inside. As for the third copy, I guess [speaker of
independent Armenia's first parliament] Babken Ararkstyan has it,"
Virabyan told a news conference on Thursday.
Manukyan, who was the first to read out Armenia's Declaration of
Independence in 1990 as a member of the then Supreme Council, said he
had cleared up the matter with the directors of the National Archive
and the History Museum and the individuals in charge for the National
Assembly's archives.
"The original copy of the August 23, 1990 Declaration of Independence
is kept in the History Museum and is being showcased there now,
as part of the Independence Day exhibitions. As to the September
21 Supreme Council decision, its sealed and signed copy is in the
National Archive," he said.
Referring to Virabyan's statement that one copy had been stolen from
his car, Manukyan added: "I have lost only the draft which I read
out immediately; it was not the official document."
From: Baghdasarian
Tert.am
23.09.11
Armenia's Declaration of Independence is where it is supposed to be,
says Aram Manukyan, the chairman of the Armenian Pan-National Movement
(a central political force in the opposition alliance Armenian
National Congress).
Speaking to Tert.am, Manukyan said that neither the original copy
of the Declaration (dated August 23, 1990) nor the Supreme Council's
decision (dated September 21, 1991) have been lost.
It comes after Amatuni Virabyan, the director of the National Archive
of Armenia, said their institution does not have the Declaration
text signed by Armenia's first president, Levon Ter-Petrosyan (who
is currently the leader of the opposition alliance).
"We do not have the original Independence Declaration signed by
Levon Ter-Petrosyan. We have a sealed copy with a sample signature
and consider it to be the original. They say there were three
copies. One is at [Ter-Petrosyan's] disposal; Aram Manukyan has the
other copy though he has told me his car was looted and the document
was unfortunately inside. As for the third copy, I guess [speaker of
independent Armenia's first parliament] Babken Ararkstyan has it,"
Virabyan told a news conference on Thursday.
Manukyan, who was the first to read out Armenia's Declaration of
Independence in 1990 as a member of the then Supreme Council, said he
had cleared up the matter with the directors of the National Archive
and the History Museum and the individuals in charge for the National
Assembly's archives.
"The original copy of the August 23, 1990 Declaration of Independence
is kept in the History Museum and is being showcased there now,
as part of the Independence Day exhibitions. As to the September
21 Supreme Council decision, its sealed and signed copy is in the
National Archive," he said.
Referring to Virabyan's statement that one copy had been stolen from
his car, Manukyan added: "I have lost only the draft which I read
out immediately; it was not the official document."
From: Baghdasarian