Apr 14 2008
Report on A. Ayvazyan’s Lecture Series in France – Part 2
The Tchobanian Institute in partnership with the AGBU France had the insight and the good fortune to invite to France, for the first time, for a lecture series Armen Ayvazyan, PhD in political science, Director of the Ararat Center for Strategic Research.
There was a lecture initially in Paris, April 4th, followed by a particularly interesting one in Marselles on April 8th. The lectures in Valence and Lyon were to be held on the 9th and 10th April respectively.
In front of a public of about 100 people gathered in the hall of the AGBU on the Boulevard Michelet, Michel Guéviguian, Vice President of the AGBU Marseilles, and Varoujan Sirapian, Founding President of the Tchobanian Institute, both underlined the enormous competence of the speaker as well as his independence from the governmental authorities and from all Armenian political parties. Varoujan Sirapian presented the latest issue of the “Europe & Orient” magazine, “Lies and Reasons of State”. Armen Ayvazyan regularly participates as a contributor to this geopolitical magazine published by the Tchobanian Institute. Professor Robert Der Mergerian rendered the translation throughout the evening.