Armen Amiryan answeres Vahan Artsruni's accusations
RA Minister of Culture Armen Amiryan's statement: "Comments on Vahan Artsruni's failed concert in recent days has gone all the limits of insults, so I think it is necessary to publicize once again that neither the Ministry of Culture, nor the SNCO are connected with the organization and, of course, the further events (Sharm, the organizer of the concert, did not even have a rent agreement for the concert). All the accusations, judgments, assumptions and interpretations sounded are absolute lie and slander. I invite Vahan Artsruni, the author of the concert, and Sharm, the organizer of the concert, to the Ministry of Culture in order to find out the causes and the guilty of the failed concert in the presence of journalists. I find an intention to criticize the Ministry at any cost in comments that are based only on assumptions. I also think it is necessary to mention that any artist, including Vahan Artsruni, can freely present their works in any hall or platform of the Ministry of Culture, signing a contract in advance. If the financial difficulties arise, the ministry is ready to support it financially (as it is done). I once again express my willingness to reveal the guilty of of the failed concert." Armen Amiryan Vahan Artsruni's statement on the "Mashtots Komitas" concert project, canceled in Zvartnots, on September 29, the policy pursued by the Ministry of Culture, and the fundamental rights of a human and creator in Armenia, can be viewed here
