DAYS OF YEREVAN TO BE CONDUCTED IN MOSCOW
Armenpress
Sept 06 2006
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS: As part of the Year of Armenia in
Russia "Days of Yerevan" will be held in Moscow from September 9 to
11. A delegation headed by the Yerevan mayor Yervand Zakharian will
leave for Moscow to participate in the event.
David Gevorgian, the head of the foreign ties department at the Yerevan
municipality, told Armenpress that within the framework of the event a
monument to great Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian will be erected
in Moscow and the annual "Golden Pomegranate" festival will be held
within the framework of which in the Red Square a fare of Armenian
products will be organized. Besides, "Old Town through the Eyes of
Contemporaries" photo-exhibition will be held.
David Gevorgian said the Armenian "Navy Band" will give concert in
Moscow. On September 11 the official meeting of the Yerevan and Moscow
mayors Yervand Zakharian and Yuri Luzhkov is expected to take place.
For supporting the organization of the Days of Yerevan the Armenian
government has provided 125 million drams from its reserve fund.