ARMENIAN CULTURE MINISTER IS CONCERNED FOR COLLAPSE OF ARMENIAN CHURCH IN GEORGIA

ArmInfo
2009-11-23 19:18:00

ArmInfo. Minister of Culture of Armenia Hasmik Pogosyan has told her
Georgian counterpart, Minister of Culture, Protection of Monuments
and Sport Nikoloz Rurua that she is concerned for the collapse of
ancient Armenian church St.Gevork Mughni in Georgia.

Pogosyan asked Rurua to tell her what his ministry was doing to solve
the problem and expressed commitment to help.

Rurua said that the church was actually in a deplorable state and
his Ministry was taking measures to reconstruct the building. He
suggested doing this together with Armenian specialists.

During a meeting with Deputy Ministry of Culture of Armenia Arev
Samuelyan, Director of the Agency for Protection of Cultural Heritage
of Georgia Nikoloz Vacheishvili said that the survived part of the
church was being reinforced. The design work for the restoration
project will be carried out by Architex architects office.