FESTIVE EVENTS ON OCCASION OF 61th ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR HELD IN HAKHTANAK PARK

Noyan Tapan
May 09 2006

YEREVAN, MAY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. On May 9, festive events on the occasion
of the 61th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War
were held in the Hakhtanak (Victory) Yerevan park. RA President Robert
Kocharian, members of RA government, diplomats accredited in Armenia,
representatives of the Russian military unit in the country, veterans
of the Second World War took part in the events. They laid a wreath to
the Memorial of the Unknown Soldier. Then a military parade was held,
which was followed by a festive concert. There also will be fireworks
in the Hakhtanak park in the evening. May is a month of victories for
the Armenian people. In May the Armenians won in the Avarayr battle,
in Bash-Aparan, in Shushi. The anniversary of liberation of Shushi
is also marked on May 9.