ASSEMBLY OF TBILISI ARMENIANS URGES GEORGIAN CULTURE MINISTER TO ADDRESS ARMENIAN MONUMENTS PROBLEM
PanARMENIAN.Net
13.02.2009 16:23 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The Assembly of Tbilisi Armenians (ATA) urged the
Georgian Minister of Culture and Sports Nikoloz Rurua to give a legal
assessment to unauthorized changes of the image of Surb Norashen
Armenian Church.
As ATA told PanARMENIAN.Net, the Church, as a cultural monument,
should be under protection of the Ministry.
"We also demand clarification as regards the other Armenian churches:
Sueb Nshan, Shamkhoretsor Surb Astvatsatsin (Karmir Avetaran),
Yerevanots Surb Minas and Mugni Surb Gevorg," said the ATA statement.
The members of the organization also turned to Tbilisi city
administration with a number of questions regarding Surb Norashen
Armenian Church.