American Armenian Agasi Vartanyan on Friday commenced, outside the Armenian church in Burbank, California, USA, a 55-day fast, and to draw the world’s attention on the Armenian Genocide Centennial. 

Mike Ramazyan, an event organizer, told the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Vartanyan, sponsored by the Glendale City Council, has decided to stay in a glass-enclosed space for 55 days.

“He will drink only water, and nothing else. His objective is for the US society to take notice of the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide,” Ramazyan said. “This is done for the April 24 [, the centenary of the genocide]; it doesn’t pursue any other goals.”

The American Armenian will not leave the three-meter-high-and three-meter-wide glass space for 55 days.

“People can follow him 24 hours, but he will not be in touch with anyone,” Mike Ramazyan noted, and added: “He has a [mobile] phone; he can contact us in an extreme case, if there be a problem.”

Agasi Vartanyan will be under constant surveillance.