YEREVAN, September 6. /ARKA/. Bank VTB (Armenia) received a gratitude certificate from Dilijan Municipality for supporting in restoration and maintenance of the memorial to Soviet soldiers in Dilijan, press-service of the Bank informed “ARKA”.

City Mayor of Dilijan Armen Santrosyan handled the certificate to General Director of Bank VTB (Armenia) Valeri Ovsyannikov on Saturday during the official opening ceremony of the restored monument – the greatest monument to the heroes of the Great World War II in Transcaucasia.

Santrosyan thanked Ovsyannikov and wished the management and the staff of the Bank further prosperity and achievements in their activity.

Ovsyannikov thanked the City Mayor and administration of Dilijan for their attention. “Cooperation of Bank VTB (Armenia) and the administration of the city Dilijan in recent years is developing successfully in several directions. I hope that this positive trend has all pre-conditions for continuation and expansion for the benefit of the city and the people of Dilijan”, he said.

The event in Dilijan which took place on the territory of the memorial to Soviet soldiers - heroes of the Great World War II was dedicated to 66^th anniversary of the end of the war.

Veterans of war from Yerevan and other cities of Armenia, schoolchildren, students, representatives of the society of Dilijan and Tavush region, Dilijan administration, official representatives of Russian Embassy in Armenia, management of “Rosgossotrudnichestvvo” in Armenia, Fund of Support to Russians in Armenia, representatives of Russian community in Armenia, veteran organizations, delegation of Bank VTB (Armenia) and mass media participated in the event.

CJSC “Bank VTB (Armenia)” became participant of international financial group VTB in April 2004. Currently it is the second largest in Russia, VTB Bank (CJSC) owning 100% of shares of “Bank VTB (Armenia)”. The Bank is traditionally among the leaders of the banking system of Armenia by a number of key indicators. The Bank now owns the largest branch network in the country - 68 branches -0-