LAYYOUN IN YEREVAN AS CITY NAMED WORLD BOOK CAPITAL
The Daily Star
April 26 2012
Lebanon
BEIRUT: Culture Minister Gaby Layyoun met Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan Wednesday during a visit to the Armenian capital Yerevan.
Accompanied by a delegation, Layyoun visited Yerevan on the occasion
of the 500th anniversary of printing in the Armenian language and to
celebrate Yerevan as World Book Capital 2012.
Layyoun also met with Catholicos Karekin II at Etchmiadzin, the seat
of the Armenian Orthodox Catholicosate in Armenia.
Yerevan received the title of World Book Capital earlier this week
from Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires.
From: Baghdasarian