Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden
Chairman Garo Hakopian
garo.hakopian@comhem.se
tel. + 46 18 31 47 94

PRESS RELEASE

Armenian Architecture Exhibition dedicated to the 90-th anniversary
of the Armenian Genocide.

16 May 2005 Gotenberg – Sweden — On the initiative of Union of
Armenian Associations in Sweden (UAAS) and The Armenian church and
cultural organisation of Gotenberg the second city of Sweden, launched
on May 10-13 an exhibition dedicated to the 90-th anniversary of the
Armenian Genocide.

Beside the several Armenians, who participated the opening ceremony,
Counsellors for Swedish and Catholic, as well as representatives
of Orthodox, Serbian and Armenian Churches and members of Swedish
local authorities where among the guests told Katrin Hakopian the
representative of Armenians in Gotemberg.

The main focus of The exhibition which is titled Armenian Architecture
Heritage in the South Caucasus is on Armenian architectural monuments
scattered across Turkey, a great majority of which was also subjected
to “genocide” alongside with annihilation of Armenians in 1915 and
later. The major objective of the exhibition is to draw European’
attention to what a country desires to join their ranks.

The exhibition has first displayed in European Parliament, Oslo in
Norway, in Swedish cities, and is scheduled to display in Riga capital
of Latvia at the end of May.

The opening ceremony which introduced by Kevork Artin and Katrin
Hakopian followed by speech of Mr. Bertil Bengtsson The author of newly
published book, The Year of The Sword. He concluded his speech with
the absolute necessity of pressure applied by the international public
opinion on the Turkish government in order to achieve recognition.

The cultural events of the program consist of spiritual Armenian
music performed by Lena Vartanian piano and Hrant Mardirosian violin
who played work of Comitas and Aram Khachatouryan.

The exhibition was co-organised by Assembly of Armenians of Europe
(AAE), prepared by Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) and
assisted by Swedish educational organisation of “BILDA” and Orthodox
co-operation committees.

Union of Armenian Associations in Sweden

Chairman Garo Hakopian

garo.hakopian@comhem.se

tel. + 46 18 31 47 94

May 16 2005 Sweden