ARMENIAN FM GIVES ARMENIAN MOUNTAINEERS FLAG FOR HOISTING ON PEAK OF ELBRUS

YEREVAN, MAY 4. ARMINFO. Armenia’s FM Vardan Oskanyan met today with
three Armenian mountaineers who are to climb Elbrus, the Caucasus.

Oskanyan gave the mountaineers a flag for hoisting on the peak of
the mountain.

The Armenian mountaineers are on a 500-strong group from almost 20
countries. May 9 they are to climb Elbrus (5,621 m) to mark the 60th
anniversary of Great Patriotic War Victory and the formation of the UN.

The Armenian mountaineers have already climbed the peaks of Pamirs,
Tien Shan, Alaska. Their leader Hayk Tonoyan has twice climbed Ararat.