Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to Armenia Sorin Vasile is impressed by the Armenian culture
Recently, the event on the Unity Day of Germany, among other guests, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Romania to Armenia Sorin Vasile also attended, who is implementing diplomatic mission in Armenia for nearly two years. He kindly talked to “Aravot”. The ambassador noted that prior to coming to Armenia, he was quite informed about our country. In his words, we have a wonderful and old Armenian community in Romania. To add that the Armenians settled in the Romanian territories starting from the 10th century, still in 967, a gravestone carving found in the city of Cetatea Albă, Moldova, asserts about their presence there.
As for the Armenian Diocese in Romania, it is the oldest in the diaspora, and the bishop’s seat was established here since 1400. “In these two years since I am implementing my diplomatic mission in Armenia, I have realized one thing that the Armenian people are the kind that love culture, science, beauty, like to express beautifully, they love good music and movies, in short, Armenian are beauty creating people,” said Sorin Vasile. The ambassador said that almost every week he enjoys the concerts of Armenia’s National Philharmonic Orchestra at Aram Khachatryan concert hall, as well as opera performances. He enjoys Komitas and the Armenian folk music with the greatest pleasure.
“I am also fond of the Armenian jazz, especially when you have wonderful masters of the jazz, now I’ll just give the name of Malkhas, but a whole constellation of jazz operates in Armenia. Unfortunately, I am short of time, otherwise I would not miss any event. Because of the work load, I have to miss the best concerts and events,” said the ambassador.
To our observation that Armenia often hosts a week of films of a certain country, as well as music festivals, however, there is no week of Romanian film or music festival held in our country, Sorin Vasile disagreed. In response, he cited the concert of the famous Fly Project band on August 28. He said even though it was raining, but the audience enjoyed it. He also recalled the famous Romanian violinist Alexandru Tomescu and the concert of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Armenia, which was the initiative of maestro Eduard Topchyan. We found out that the ambassador has learned some Armenian words and phrases, such as “hello,” “good evening,” “thank you,” he says that he will read a half-page in Armenian. He is impressed by the Armenian cuisine, ecologically pure foods and the Armenian hospitality.
Ambassador Vasili wished the Armenian people live in good conditions, develop cultural, economic, social and other ties with other countries, the Armenian people live in peace, and all the kids always smile. When we addressed a question about the border tensions and the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, the ambassador just replied, “I hope that in any case both parties will find resources to solve the issue through peaceful negotiations so that innocent people would not be killed, and people live with no fear.”
Gohar HAKOBYAN,
Photo from “Civilnet” website,
“Aravot” daily
