Dozens Of Thousands Come To Mourn Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan

DOZENS OF THOUSANDS COME TO MOURN PRIME MINISTER ANDRANIK MARGARYAN

Regnum, Russia
March 28 2007

A farewell ceremony started in Yerevan at noon to mourn Prime
Minister Andranik Margaryan, who suddenly died of a heart attack
on Sunday. The ceremony is taking place at the National Opera and
Ballet Theater. High-ranking governmental officials, political
elite and public figures are taking part in the ceremony, as well
as delegations from several countries, particularly, from Russia,
Canada, Georgia, Greece, CIS countries, Turkey and others. Dozens of
thousands of Armenian citizens and visitors have come to attend the
funeral of Andranik Margaryan/

At 02:30 p.m. local time, the body will be carried out from the Opera
and the procession will move to Komitas Pantheon, where the funeral
ceremony will be held.

The prime minister died on March 25. According to medical examiners,
Andranik Margaryan died of a sudden cardiac arrest caused by heart
coronary vessels blood supply disturbance.