Armenian Delegation Departed For Istanbul To Take Part in Dink’s Funeral
PanARMENIAN.Net
23.01.2007 13:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian official delegation at the head of Deputy
Foreign Minister Arman Kirakosian in the night of January 23 departed
for Turkey to take part in ‘Agos’ editor-in-chief Hrant Dink’s funeral,
who was gunned down in Istanbul January 19. Also in attendance will be
General Secretary of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Foundation,
Karen Mirzoyan and other officials, the PanARMENIAN.Net journalist
was told in the RA MFA. It is worth mentioning that earlier RA MFA
acting Press Officer Vladimir Karapetyan told Yerevan had not received
invitation to take part in Dink’s funeral.
A lot of representatives will take part in Dink’s funeral from
Armenian Diaspora worldwide, particularly he head of the French
Armenian Foundation, Alexi Govcian and Patriarch Hajak Barsamian,
the Orthodox leader of Armenians living on the East Coast of the US.