ARMENIAN KHACHKARS TO BE EXHIBITED IN LOUVRE FOR FIRST TIME IN HISTORY

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.09.2006 16:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Within the Year of Armenia in France 40 Armenian
Khachkars will be exhibited in Louvre for the first time in the
history, Armenian President’s Advisor Vigen Sargsyan stated at a news
conference in Yerevan. Concerts and exhibitions will be organized
within a year in France. "Armenian artists – Ayvazovsky, Gorky,
Saryan and others – will be exhibited at the National Picture Gallery
in Paris.

Philharmonic and Chamber Orchestras will have concerts," he said.

The Armenian President’s Advisor also reported that 1000 children from
Armenia will visit France. "The Senate and the National Assembly of
France will cover the expenses, as well as Armavia and Rosgosstrakh
sponsor the Year of Armenia in France. A special commission lead by
MP Hranush Hakobyan is formed to choose children," Sargsyan noted.