ARMENIA-DIASPORA THIRD FORUM TO BE HELD IN YEREVAN IN SEPTEMBER 2006
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.06.2006 15:16 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia-Diaspora Third Forum will be held in
Yerevan September 18-20, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian stated at
a news conference in Yerevan. In his words, 15 years of Armenia’s
independence will be summarized at the forum. “Cultural events will be
held within the forum framework. One Nation, One Culture festival and
Golden Apricot Third Cinema Festival will be held before the forum,”
Vartan Oskanian remarked.
The Armenian FM also said that challenges changed in the course of the
past 15 years and so did the country. “We have other opportunities
now, other potential. Armenia is much stronger now and is able to
solve challenges the people and the country face,” he emphasized.
The forum will open September 18. Armenian President Robert Kocharian
and NKR President Arkday Ghoukassian, Catholicos of All Armenians
Garegin II and Catholicos of the Great Cilician House Aram I will
address the first plenary session. Relations between Armenia and
Diaspora, cooperation prospects will be discussed at the session. The
second day will focus on agriculture exclusively. New Solutions of
Old Problems of XXI Century Problems for Nation and State conference
will be held on the third, final day of the forum.
“By convening the Armenia-Diaspora forum we hope that by uniting all
national possibilities, capabilities, we can jointly solve all-national
problems and create secure conditions for development and prosperity
of the country,” Oskanian stressed.