ARMENIA SENDS COMMISSION TO TBILISI TO INVESTIGATE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING FIRE IN SURB NSHAN CHURCH

Panorama.am
11/01/2012

Armenia has sent a commission, comprising specialists, to Tbilisi
for investigating the circumstances surrounding the fire in Surb
Nshan church.

The commission is headed by Serzhik Arakelyan, head of the government
agency for preserving historical monuments.

Armenian specialists will investigate the circumstances surrounding
the fire and decide on measures together with Georgian Ministry of
Culture representatives.

Surb Nshan Armenian church of Tbilisi caught fire Monday night,
January 9. The southeastern pillar collapsed while the fire was
being extinguished.

From: A. Papazian