EVENT DEDICATED TO NATIONAL HOLIDAY OF ROMANIA HELD IN YEREVAN

YEREVAN, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN. An event dedicated to the 130th
annivrsary of Romania’s liberation from the yoke of the Ottoman Turkey
took place on May 7 at the Armenian Company for Cultural Relations
with Foreign Countries.

The Romanian ambassador to Armenia Krina Prunariu said that actually
Romania’s Independence Day is on May 9, but from early May, Romanians
start to p repare so as to celebrate it with pomp. In her words, this
holiday is of great significance for them as the Romanian people
formed after liberation of Romania which was under the Turkish yoke
for 500 years. K. Rrunariu noted that this year it is for the first
time that Romania celebrated its national holiday as a European Union
member state. According to the ambassador, Romania will assist Armenia
with its joining the EU.