One Armenian affected by Tsunami

ArmenPress
Jan 10 2005

ONE ARMENIAN AFFECTED BY TSUNAMI

YEREVAN, JANUARY 10, ARMENPRESS: The sole Armenian that was
affected by the late December Asian tsunami disaster was a US
Armenian Armine Gevorkian. The Armenian honorary consul in Thailand,
Norayr Ter-Gevorkian, told Armenpress she is among the missing
persons. He said no other Armenians were found among the tsunami
victims.
Armenia’s former ambassador to India, Indonesia, Nepal and Sri
Lanka, Armen Bayburdian, said no Armenians live in Chennai (Madras),
the capital of India’s Tamil Nadu state that was most affected by the
disaster. He said the families of two Armenian women who are married
to Indians in Madras did not suffer from the tsunami.
He said a few Armenians working in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta
were not either affected. According to him, no Armenians live in Sri
Lanka and the Maldives. No Armenians in Somali were affected either.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress