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    Emil Lazarian
  • 8 years ago
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President lays flowers at statue of Aram Manukyan (video)

  • 23:27 | July 17,2018 | Official
  • Armenian:
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President of Armenia Armen Sarkissian attended the inauguration of the statue of statesman Aram Manukyan today in downtown Yerevan.

The inauguration was attended by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Catholicos of the Armenian Church Garegin II and numerous governmental officials.

The president laid flowers at the statue.

Aram Manukyan was the founder of the First Republic of Armenia, a statesman and military leader, who led the self-defense of Van.

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS