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.