GAGIK GEVORGYAN RE-ELECTED AS HEAD OF ARMENIAN JEWELERS ASSOCIATION

YEREVAN, March 25. / ARKA /. Gagik Gevorgyan was re-elected as head
of the Armenian Jewelers Association (AJA), an AJA press release
said today.

The election was held on March 21 in the Swiss city of Basel. Sarkis
Nurian, Shant Haytayan and Raffi Marukyan are the newly elected
members of the executive board of the organization, it said.

Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan sent her congratulations
to Gevorgyan on his reelection, the press release says.

“The Armenian Jewelers Association deserves the highest appreciation.

Since its inception, the organization’s goal has been to unite the
entire potential of Armenian jewelers and contribute to the development
of jewelry in the homeland,” the minister’s letter says, in particular.

Gagik Gevorgyan is also an advisor to the president of Armenia on the
development of the jewelry sector. On his initiative, Armenia was
elected as the host country for the 2016 annual forum of the World
Jewellery Confederation (CIBJO).

Armenian Jewelers Association was founded in 1998. It is one of the
first Armenian international trade and development associations. The
Association’s aim is to unite Armenian jewelers in order to develop
Armenia’s jewelry industry. It has regional representatives in the
Unites States (East & West Coasts), Europe, the Middle East, South
America, Australia and Armenia.-0-