Eduard Sharmazanov: Social and political life will be different without Vahan Hovhannisyan
Deputy Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly, Spokesman for the ruling Republican Party of Armenia, Eduard Sharmazanov, has expressed his sorrow for the death of ARF-Dashnaktsutyun member Vahan Hovhannisyn. It was a bad day for all of us. Though we all knew that Vahan had health problems, we hoped till the last moment that he would recover from the illness. It was a heavy loss for all us; we have lost our friend, a senior colleague from whom we had learnt a lot of things. We have lost one of the brightest figures in the political arena, a key figure in the Armenian political system. Armenia’s social and political life will be different without Vahan Hovhannisyan because he was a great patriot and professional, a friendly person and a great politician and a man who served as an example for the youth. I am experiencing a lot of pain and I believe that all our colleagues who knew Vahan Hovhannisyan feel deep regret about his death. God rest his soul and give us wisdom to be able to create the Armenia that Vahan had longed for,” said Eduard Sharmazanov. Vahan Hovhannisyan, a senior member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun, Armenia’s Ambassador to Germany, died on December 28 after a long disease.
