AROUND 1,500 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIRD PAN-ARMENIAN CONFERENCE

ARMENRESS

YEREVAN, AUGUST 25, ARMENRESS: The third Armenia-Diaspora conference
is going to take place September 18-20 in the Karen Demirchian sport
complex.

Around 800 people from 47 countries and Pan-Diaspora organizations
have already presented applications for participation. Overall,
1,500 people are expected to participate in the conference.

Jivan Movsisian, secretary of the preparation commission of the third
Pan-Armenian conference and the head of the Diaspora ties department
at the Armenian Foreign Ministry, told Armenpress that they will be
receiving applications for participation until September 1.

At the plenary session which is going to take place September 18
with the participation of representatives of Armenian and Karabakh
presidents, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II and Cilician
Catholicos Aram I issues on the Armenia-Diaspora partnership and
development prospects will be discussed.

The second half of the session will be devoted to the discussion of
the main issue included in the agenda – the program on the development
of Armenian rural areas. From September 19 to 20 a conference on
"New Answers to Old Questions: Armenians in the 21st Century" is
going to be held.

On September 20 second Armenia-Diaspora Pan-Armenian economic
conference is going to take place, on September 22 second international
conference "Armagroforum" will be organized. From September 22 to 24
exhibition of Armenian products will be held and on September 21 the
participants of the conference will take part in the events dedicated
to the 15th anniversary of the Armenian independence.

The first Pan-Armenian conference was held in September 1999 and the
second one in May 2002. Jivan Movsisian said that the third conference
provides the best opportunity to discuss, analyze and sum up together
with Diaspora Armenians the 15-year long way Armenia has passed and
to earmark the further activities.

"The main aim of the conference is to unite and do everything
by centralizing our opportunities for creating conditions and
opportunities for safe development of the people," Movsisian said.