YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The exhibition of works of Arev Petrosian, a member of the Painters' Union of Armenia, that opened on May 24, at the National Assembly, on the initiative of Hranush Hakobian, the Chairwoman of the RA Parliament Standing Committee on Science, Education, Culture and Youth Issues, is dedicated to the 15th anniversary of the independence of Armenia. "We got an opportunity to see the future of our country brighter," Vahan Hovhannisian, the NA Deputy Speaker, a ARF Bureau member mentioned, looking at sculptor Benik Petrosian's daughter's colourful painting on organic glass. "We sometimes listen to so pessimistic speeches in the conference-hall that it seems that everything has perished out of the hall, but it appears, people live, create, and create wonderfully, out of the hall," the NA Speaker said.

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