YEREVAN. – President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan on Saturday sent a letter of condolences to the Simonyan family, on the passing of Academician Hrachik Simonyan.

“Hrachik Simonyan devoted his entire academic work to the research on the modern history of the Armenian people, and rightfully earned the respect and appreciation of his colleagues and students,” reads the letter of condolences of by the President. “I express my deepest condolences to you, your relatives, [and] friends and colleagues of the esteemed historian.”