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ARMENIA'S SENIOR OFFICIALS VISIT YERABLUR MILITARY PANTHEON
September 21, 2013 | 11:23
YEREVAN. - In connection with the 22nd anniversary of the independence
of Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan,
Catholicos of All Armenian Karekin II, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
President Bako Sahakyan, National Security Council Secretary Arthur
Baghdasaryan, capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, Police
Chief Vladimir Gasparyan, and numerous MPs visited Yerablur Military
Pantheon on Saturday.
They paid their respects to the memory of those that fell during
the Karabakh War, placed flowers and laid wreaths to the tombs of
Armenia's late PM, Supreme Commander Vazgen Sargsyan, and General
Andranik Ozanian, and to the memorial of the fallen freedom fighters.
The Karabakh War veterans and the parents of those that fell during
the war likewise were at the pantheon.
The defense minister approached all war veterans, shook their
hands, and congratulated them on the occasion of the anniversary of
independence, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informs.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
September 21, 2013 | 11:23
YEREVAN. - In connection with the 22nd anniversary of the independence
of Armenia, President Serzh Sargsyan, Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan,
Catholicos of All Armenian Karekin II, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
President Bako Sahakyan, National Security Council Secretary Arthur
Baghdasaryan, capital city Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, Police
Chief Vladimir Gasparyan, and numerous MPs visited Yerablur Military
Pantheon on Saturday.
They paid their respects to the memory of those that fell during
the Karabakh War, placed flowers and laid wreaths to the tombs of
Armenia's late PM, Supreme Commander Vazgen Sargsyan, and General
Andranik Ozanian, and to the memorial of the fallen freedom fighters.
The Karabakh War veterans and the parents of those that fell during
the war likewise were at the pantheon.
The defense minister approached all war veterans, shook their
hands, and congratulated them on the occasion of the anniversary of
independence, the Armenian News-NEWS.am reporter informs.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
News from Armenia - NEWS.am