Armenia bids farewell to Andranik Margaryan
Today Armenia bids farewell to Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan. Yesterday President Robert Kocharian, NA Speaker Tigran Torosian, Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan and other officials attended the civil funeral. The official farewell ceremony is taking place at the State Academic Opera & Ballet Theater of Armenia named after Al. Spendiaryan at the moment. At 3 p.m. Andranik Margaryan will be buried in the Pantheon named after Komitas.
Delegations from a number of states as well as NATO Envoy for South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, OSCE MG Co-chair Matthew J. Bryza arrived in Yerevan to participate in the funeral.
Andranik Margaryan died on March 25 afternoon from a cardiac arrest caused by loss of circulation of the blood in coronary vessels.
Delegations from a number of states as well as NATO Envoy for South Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, OSCE MG Co-chair Matthew J. Bryza arrived in Yerevan to participate in the funeral.
Andranik Margaryan died on March 25 afternoon from a cardiac arrest caused by loss of circulation of the blood in coronary vessels.
