FESTIVE EVENTS HELD ON OCCASION OF 90TH ANNIVERSARTY OF SARDARAPAT
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YEREVAN, MAY 29, NOYAN TAPAN. Festive events were held in the memorial
complex of Sardarapat on May 28 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary
of the heroic battle of Sardarapat. Serge Sargsian, the President of
the Republic of Armenia, Tigran Sargsian, the Prime Minister of the
Republic of Armenia, Tigran Torosian, the RA NA Speaker, Bako Sahakian,
the President of the Republic of Nagorno Karabakh, the RA government
members and others were present at the event.
They laid flowers at the memorial wall perpetuating the memory of the
victims of the heroic battle, after which there was an entertainment
and a festive concert. Headed by the RA President, the high-ranking
guests also visited the museum of Sardarapat, where a new collection of
pictures and other accessories well representing the events of 1918 are
exhibited.
"The May 28 of 1918 is of exceptional value in the history of the
Armenian people, as it bears the symbol of unity," Hasmik Pohgosian,
the RA Minister of Culture, said in her interview with a Noyan Tapan
correspondent. According to her, if there was not unity on May 28,
there would not be either the Soviet Armenia or the current independent
state "and we today should be proud of being the worthy successor of
the values preserved as a result of that unity."