YEREVAN. – President of Germany Joachim Gauck has awarded distinguished Armenian Aleksan Ter-Minasyan with the Order of Merit (Federal Cross of Merit) of the Federal Republic of Germany.

German Ambassador to Armenia Reiner Morell presented the honorary award to Ter-Minasyan on Thursday in the City of Gyumri, informed the Embassy of Germany in Yerevan. 

Ever since 1993, Aleksan Ter-Minasyan heads the German Red Cross Gyumri representation, where the Mother and Child Center is founded.  

Ter-Minasyan is also actively involved in Armenian-German cultural collaboration.