ARF YOUTH UNION OF ARMENIA PROPOSES RAISING MONUMENT TO ARAM MANUKIAN IN REPUBLIC SQUARE OF YEREVAN

Noyan Tapan

Jan 30, 2009

YEREVAN, JANUARY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. The Central Board of the ARF Youth
Union of Armenia on January 29 applied to Yerevan mayor Yervand
Zakharian with the proposal to raise a monument to Aram Manukian in
Republic Square of Yerevan.

"The 90th anniversary of the death of the founder of the First
Republic of Armenia Aram Manukian and the 130th anniversary of his
birth is marked on January 29 of this year, so the ARF Youth Union of
Armenia proposes to show the worthy attitude to the major founder of
the Republic and to take the appropriate steps," is said in the letter
sent by the representative of the Union’s Central Board Sasun Sargsyan
to the mayor. It is also stated that the Union will spare no effort
and support the implementation of this initiatve in every possible way.