AZG Armenian Daily #145, 18/08/2005

Appointment

YERVAND AZATIAN APPOINTED MINISTER’S ADVISER

Hovik Hoveyan, minister of Culture and Youth Affairs of Armenia,
received yesterday prominent American-Armenian publicist Yervand
Azatian. Beginning from July 1 of 2005, Mr. Azatian has been working
as adviser of the culture minister on the communities of the Armenian
Diaspora. The minister handed Mr. Azatian a copy of an order of his
appointment and acquainted him with impending projects and plans.

Dwelling on the expectations that the minister pins on the new adviser,
Mr. Hoveyan said, “I am not the one who should speak about deeds of
Yervand Azatian. His works, articles on literature, his public work
speak well for his personality. It’s an honor to have him as adviser
on Diaspora affairs, and I will gladly listen to his advices. We are
old friends and I know his intellectual potential. It’s an honor for
me to work with such a bright intellectual as Yervand Azatian”.

“Not only the Culture Ministry will benefit from this appointment
but the whole country”, Mr. Hoveyan concluded.

By Marietta Makarian

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress