FOREIGN MINISTER OF ARMENIA MEETS WITH TEACHERS FROM DIASPORA

YEREVAN, AUGUST 19. ARMINFO. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia
Vardan Oskanian today met with teachers from the Diaspora and chiefs
of the science-educational center “Spyurk”. We shall remind that the
teachers are in Yerevan to participate at the annual 5th training
courses.

ARMINFO was informed in the press office of the Foreign Ministry of
Armenia, during his greeting speech Vardan oskanian has highly
assessed the role of the Armenian school and Armenian teacher, an a
new situation has appeared since the proclamation of independence of
Armenia, and the idea “nation-state” has added to the idea
“national-people”. The minister thinks that one of the top priority
tasks in the mutual relations Armenia-Diaspora is the development of
the idea of the state system among the representatives of the
youth. During the meeting the participants have discussed issues of
cultural and educational relations between Armenia and the Diaspora,
the situation of the schools in the Diaspora, educational
programs. The teachers from the Diaspora showed interest in the issues
of dual citizenship, settlement of the Karabakh conflict, recognition
of the Genocide of Armenians, Armenian-Turkish relations and the
foreign policy of Armenia.