AJA COVERS OVER 7% OF WORLD’S JEWELRY INDUSTRY
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 21, 2011 – 15:37 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – On September 21, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan
attended the exhibition of Armenian Jewelers Association (AJA) that
opened in Yerevan on occasion of the 20th anniversary of Armenia’s
independence.
The exhibition will last till September 23.
AJA President Gagik Gevorgyan told journalists that the Association
was established 14 years ago and will mark its 15th anniversary next
year. “We want to make this date a unique all-Armenian celebration,”
he said.
According to him, the exhibition itself is a celebration with such
events happening once every ten years.
Gevorgyan thanked the President and government for assistance.
“President himself opened the exhibition, thus stressing that the
power of our jewelers is the Motherland,” he emphasized.
Gevorgyan said that more than 5000 jewelers from over 30 countries
are members of AJA, which covers over 7% of world’s jewelry industry.
Striking Armenian jewelers’ professionalism, Gevorgyan said that “it is
the result of not only handwork but also the work of heart and soul.”
Renowned Armenian jewelers from U.S., Canada, Switzerland, Russia,
France, Italy, Thailand, Lebanon and other countries participate in
the exhibition. Yerevan Show exhibits best pieces of 65 famous jewelry
brands owned by our compatriots from Diaspora, among them Asthet,
Haytayan, Bergio, Tacori, Waskol, Yessayan Jewellery and others.
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