The Asparez Journalists Club issued a statement today that it had obtained a copy of a letter sent by Arman Avetisyan, President of the Minas Avetisyan Charitable Foundation, to the Shirak Regional Administration.

In the letter, Arman Avetisyan accuses the Gyumri Municipality of not fulfilling all its contractual obligations regarding the restoration of Minas Avetisyan’s mural “Armenian Pastoral”, and that the art work may be irrevocably lost as a result.

The Foundation has urges the Shirak Regional Administration to intervene in order to save the mural which is considered a national treasure.