Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday issued a message of condolences on the death of People's Artist of Armenia, Rafael Kotanjyan, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the PM's office.

“Rafael Kotanjyan enjoyed great love and popularity not only in the Armenian society, but also in a quite broad range of foreign audiences. Kotanjyan's contribution to the development of Armenian theater and cinema is invaluable. He (…) will always remain in our history as a loved character of an actor, intellectual, and Armenian.”