ONE COULD HAVE PRESERVED IT, IF THERE HAD BEEN UNITY, A MINISTER SAYS ABOUT “EJECTING” THE ARMENIAN MUSEUM IN FRANCE
DECEMBER 10, 2012 14:51
inquired of Hranush Hakobyan, the Minister of Diaspora,
what she thought about “ejecting” the Armenian Museum in France. Ms.
Hakobyan said: “The closure of any Armenian institution is pitiful.
France has such strong potential that if they had united, they would
have been able to solve that issue. I am really sorry…. Certainly,
they blame the crisis for everything, but there are values that can
be preserved.”
Let us remind that Frederic Fringian, the director of the Armenian
Museum in France, informed that the museum that had existed for 60
years and whose collection included unique items of the Armenian
cultural heritage was ejected. As early as last July, the museum
received a letter from the Directorate General for Cultural Values
that the collection should be moved due to the construction work in
the building. The director assured that it was a planned ejection.
“The Armenian Year in France was a big cultural event bearing the
name ‘Armenia, my friend.’ Doesn’t it exist anymore? The state’s word
should be obligatory, even binding,” Fringian said in confusion in
an interview given to Nouvelles d’Armenie.
Gohar HAKOBYAN
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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