ANRANIK MARGARIAN’S LIFE AND ACTIVITIES STILL NEED TO BE ANALYSED, SAYS TIGRAN TOROSIAN

Noyan Tapan
Jun 13 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 13, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 12, on the birthday of Andranik
Margarian, the RA ex-Prime Minister, the NA Speaker Tigran Torosian,
the Prime Minister Serge Sargsian, the members of the government, as
well as the relatives of Andranik Margarian visited the pantheon of
the Yerevan Komitas Garden. Then they took part in the launching of the
book "The Devoted" organized in the Chamber Music Hall. A. Margarain’s
life and activities, the memoirs of his relatives, friends, colleagues,
intellectuals, as well as those of ordinary citizens that present
A. Margarian as a person, politician and statesman, are included in
the book.

In Tigran Torosian’s opinion, the life and activities of Andranik
Margarian still need to be analysed as he was a unique high-ranking
official, the image of whom will become brighter and brighter in
the course of time. "We are the contemporaries of this national
hero, this great statesman who managed to lead our government and
achieve great progress during a difficult period for our country,"
T. Torosian mentioned.

"The whole conscious life of A. Margarian was dedicated to the idea
of creating powerful statehood. We, his friends, party members and
co-thinkers, will build the very temple of the statehood of which the
active participant was Andranik Margarian," Razmik Zohrabian said,
member of the RPA Board.

Armen Khandikian, a people’s artist of RA and the Art Director
of the Yerevan State Drama Theatre, confessed that he considered
that A. Margarian was a prime minister who was obliged to occupy
himself with the problems of the theatre. "Only now have I come to
understand that we have lost a great personality and Sevak’s words,
that the real thickness of the tree is seen only after cutting it,
are not written in vain," he said. Armen Khandikian declared that
the books of Vladimir Msrian and Artur Utmazian, "The 40-year-old
history of the Theatre of Drama", as well as the books dedicated
to his activities, will be published by the end of this year due to
financial assistance given by the late prime minister.