PRESENTATION OF NEW FLAG OF NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ARMENIA TAKES PLACE

Noyan Tapan
Nov 14, 2007

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The flag of the library, the
presentation of which took place on November 14, has been created
on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the National Library of
Armenia. The flag is apricot and the Earth, a book in the middle, and
the abbreviation of the National Library of Armenia are depicted on
it. Painter Yervand Mkrtchain is the author of the sketch of the flag.

As David Sargsian, the Director of the National Library of Armenia,
mentioned, the apricot of the flag of the library symbolizes Armenia
and the book the idea of uniting all the peoples of the world. In
his words, reliance can be placed on the cultural cooperation, where
there are no racial and national discriminations.

It was also mentioned that the National Library of Armenia had flags
from the Stalinist and soviet periods and it was time to have the
flag of the period of the independent Armenia.