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CIS INTER-PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY MEMBERS PAY FLORAL TRIBUTE TO WORLD WAR II VICTIMS IN VICTORY PARK IN YEREVAN
YEREVAN, March 24. /ARKA/. Members of the Inter-parliamentary
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States laid today a
wreath and flowers to the eternal flame in Yerevan's Victory Park,
which symbolizes eternal memory of those fighters who had fallen in
Great Patriotic War (World War II).
Representatives of Russia's delegation lit a torch from the eternal
flame to take it to Russia for gathering particles brought from the
Assembly member countries' eternal flames into one flame on April
16 in Russia's Saint Petersburg, where the CIS Inter-parliamentary
Assembly is located.
Hermine Naghdalyan, deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia,
was quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying that this is another reason
to remember World War II veterans.
"They liberated all the nations of Europe from brown shirts," she
said adding that their heroic deed will never be forgotten.
She said hundreds of thousands of Armenians fought in Great Patriotic
War. Many were awarded the honorable title of hero, and there were
many generals and several marshals among them.
Naghdalyan expressed gratitude to the veterans who attended the
ceremony and wished them sound health. Russian Ambassador to Armenia
Ivan Volinkin, lawmakers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,
Belarus and Armenian army officers attended the event as well.
This commemoration campaign started in Minsk, capital of Belarus,
and similar rituals have already carried out in Baku and Kishinev. On
March 27 the same will be done in Bishkek.
More than 500,000 Armenians fought in that war and 200,000 of them
were killed in battles, 106 became Heroes of the Soviet Union,
and legendary pilot Nelson Stepanyan, and Soviet Union Marshal Ivan
Bagramyan have earned this honorable title twice. ---0----
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
YEREVAN, March 24. /ARKA/. Members of the Inter-parliamentary
Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States laid today a
wreath and flowers to the eternal flame in Yerevan's Victory Park,
which symbolizes eternal memory of those fighters who had fallen in
Great Patriotic War (World War II).
Representatives of Russia's delegation lit a torch from the eternal
flame to take it to Russia for gathering particles brought from the
Assembly member countries' eternal flames into one flame on April
16 in Russia's Saint Petersburg, where the CIS Inter-parliamentary
Assembly is located.
Hermine Naghdalyan, deputy speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia,
was quoted by Novosti-Armenia as saying that this is another reason
to remember World War II veterans.
"They liberated all the nations of Europe from brown shirts," she
said adding that their heroic deed will never be forgotten.
She said hundreds of thousands of Armenians fought in Great Patriotic
War. Many were awarded the honorable title of hero, and there were
many generals and several marshals among them.
Naghdalyan expressed gratitude to the veterans who attended the
ceremony and wished them sound health. Russian Ambassador to Armenia
Ivan Volinkin, lawmakers from Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan,
Belarus and Armenian army officers attended the event as well.
This commemoration campaign started in Minsk, capital of Belarus,
and similar rituals have already carried out in Baku and Kishinev. On
March 27 the same will be done in Bishkek.
More than 500,000 Armenians fought in that war and 200,000 of them
were killed in battles, 106 became Heroes of the Soviet Union,
and legendary pilot Nelson Stepanyan, and Soviet Union Marshal Ivan
Bagramyan have earned this honorable title twice. ---0----
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress