KIRK KERKORIAN ARRIVES IN ARMENIA
Armenpress
YEREVAN, MAY 19, ARMENPRESS: A spokesman for president Kocharian,
Viktor Soghomonian, has confirmed today press reports that an
American-Armenian billionaire Kirk Kerkorian arrived in Armenia
yesterday evening. Soghomonian said Kerkorian will spend here
several days.
Kerkorian’s Lincy Foundation, allocated US$177 million to
infrastructure and cultural projects in Armenia in 2002-2003. These
included the construction of 4,000 new homes in northwestern Armenia
(devastated by an earthquake in 1988), the refurbishment of most of
Armenia’ s museums and theaters, and the repair of 420 kilometers
of roads