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PRESS RELEASE
Contact ~ Sarkis Kotanjian
info@armeniafund.org

Armenia Fund Chair Awarded NKR State Medal `Gratitude’

Stepanakert, Artsakh – On Wednesday, May 13, 2009, newly elected Armenia
Fund U.S. Western Region President, Ara Aghishian, Esq. was awarded the
Nagorno Karabakh Republic State Medal `Gratitude’ by President Bako
Sahakian in appreciation for his years of active participation in
furthering humanitarian projects in Artsakh. The state medal was awarded
at the President’s office in Stepanakert.

Present at the gathering were Ara Vardanyan, Executive Director of
Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, Vahe Jazmadarian Chairman of the Fund’s
Control/Audit Committee, and chairmen of Armenia Fund’s international
affiliates.

President Sahakian thanked the Armenia Fund delegation for visiting
Artsakh. He highly commended the ongoing and completed projects of
Armenia Fund. President Sahakian also stressed the importance of the
greater Armenian Diaspora’s continued participation in nation building
endeavors in Armenia and particularly in Artsakh.

Mr. Aghishian thanked the President for his warm welcoming as well as
for granting the NKR State Medal. He reiterated the importance of how
Artsakh united the greater Armenian Diaspora around one mission and that
is to rebuild the Homeland.

Armenia Fund, Inc., is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt corporation
established in 1994 to facilitate large-scale humanitarian and
infrastructure development assistance to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh.
Since 1991, Armenia Fund has rendered more than $190 million in
development aid to Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh. Armenia Fund, Inc. is
the U.S. Western Region affiliate of `Hayastan’ All-Armenian Fund. Tax
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