ArmenPress
July 28 2005
ARA ABRAHAMIAN AWARDED LEGION OF HONOR
PARIS, JULY 28, ARMENPRESS: France’s president Jacques Chirac
signed a decree yesterday to award Ara Abrahamian, a Russia-based
businessman of Armenian origin< the highest medal of Legion of Honor.
Abrahamian is the chairman of the Union of Russian Armenians and a
UNESCO good will ambassador.
“Ara Abrahamian has made great contributions to strengthening of
French-Russian relations,’ Russia’s ambassador in Paris, Alexander
Avdeyev was quoted by Itar-Tass as saying. He said Abrahamian is a
cochairman of Russian-French Dialogue civic association, initiated by
Chirac and Putin.
Avdeyev said Abrahamian was instrumental in helping to erect a
monument to Soviet soldiers at Paris Per-Lachez cemetery and also did
a great deal to help organize Russian-French business forums.