August 2, 2006 - 16:07 AMT
Armenian Consul General Condemned Act of Vandalism in Rostov
Representatives of the Armenian intelligentsia and journalists fathered August 1 evening in the Consulate General of the Republic of Armenia in Rostov-on-Don to discuss the desecration and the attempt to set fire to the Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship located in the Surb Khach Church.

As reported by Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia, Ararat Gomtsyan, the RA Consul General to the South Federal Okrug, condemned the act of vandalism and called on law enforcement to find and punish those guilty. Chairman of the town community Artem Surmalyan and professor Minas Bagdyrov also addressed the meeting participants.

To remind, on July 31 night malefactors damaged the Museum of Russian-Armenian Friendship located in the Surb Khach Church. As reported by the Yerkramas, the newspaper of Armenians of Russia, when coming to work the museum employees saw outraging inscriptions of the museum walls. The vandals could not enter the museum but broke the windows. Experts suspect skinheads; law enforces have not issued any versions so far.