April 4, 2005 - 11:11 AMT
SYMBOLISM DEDICATED TO 60-TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN GPW REACHED VICTORY PARK IN YEREVAN
The symbolism dedicated to the 60-th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic reached the Victory Park in Yerevan today, IA Regnum reports. The symbolism is shaped as a pennant with the order of Victory depicted on one side and the symbol of the CIS on the other. To note, the baton was passed to the Armenian party at the border with Georgia. According lieutenant colonel Khachatrian, the symbolism will be taken to the Russian town of Murmansk on April 5 and then continue its way along the CIS state borders up to the Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow. During today's event in the Victory Park commander of the frontier troops of the Armenian National Security Service, Colonel Vyacheslav Voskanian stated that "the baton symbolizes not only the victory of the soviet people but also strengthens ties and friendship between the peoples of the former soviet republics. To note, the baton was carried along the Armenian-Georgian border. In their turn the Russian frontier guards carried it along the perimeter of the Armenian border guarded by them.