GEORGIAN BUSINESSMAN TO BUY TOUMANYAN’S "VERNATUN"

Panorama.am
12:36 10/02/2009

A Georgian businessman bought the famous "Vernatun" of Armenian
favorite poet Hovhannes Toumanyan in Tbilisi paying 25 thousands
USD. Levon Ananyan the president of writers’ union of Armenia confirmed
the information to "Regnum" agency. L. Ananyan said that 4-5 years ago
"Vernatun" was to be privatized, moreover, then the price for it was
15 thousands USD.

Ananyan said that he asked the Government of Armenia to buy the
building but "no succession was experienced." But still Levon Ananyan
says, he believes that the Governments of Armenia and Georgia will make
efforts to solve the problem. "It would be the best event commemorating
the 140th anniversary of the great poet," he said.