Donations to be totalled in November
A charitable fund-raising dinner, featuring 80 Armenian businessmen took place at the Ararat Park Hyatt Hotel in Moscow on October 25 at the initiative of the President of the Republic of Armenia, President of the Board of Trustees of the "Hayastan" All-Armenian Fund, Serzh Sargsyan.
Members of the Board of trustees, President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan and Speaker of the RA National Assembly Hovik Abrahamyan were present at the meeting.
The funds raised will be allocated to Shoushi development programmes. Addressing the attendees, President Serzh Sargsyan said, in part:
"As you know the annual fund-raising of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund has started. This time the donations will be allocated to the development programmes of Shoushi. The city that was once one of the educational and cultural centers of Eastern Armenia, the city we have always been proud of needs our support today.'
President Sargsyan called on the businessmen to generously participate in the fund-raising. The Hayastan All-Armenian Fund will announce the total sum of the donations during the annual Telethon on November 26.
