ARMENIA TO HAVE NEW COAT OF ARMS AND ANTHEM STARTING FROM OCTOBER

YEREVAN, August 4 (Noyan Tapan). A competition for new coat of arms
and anthem has been announced, the results of the competition will be
summed up in early September. The Commission on Consideration of
Competition Proposals was established by the decision of Yerevan Mayor
Yervand Zakarian. Gagik Baghdasarian, Chief of the Organization and
Inspection Department of the Yerevan Mayor’s Office, told NT’s
correspondent that discussions with the participation of specialists
will be organized for the public discussion of the works submitted to
the competition. According to him, the new flag and the anthem of the
capital will be presented along with the coat of arms of Yerevan
approved in 1994 at the Erebuni-Yerevan holiday, which will be marked
in October.