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PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
ARGENTINEAN REPRESENTATIVE VISITS AGBU CENTRAL OFFICE IN NEW YORK
On August 17, 2006, Mr. and Mrs. Sergio and Suzanna Nahabetian visited
AGBU Central Office in New York to meet with members of the AGBU
Central Board and better acquaint themselves with the work and
activities of the international Armenian organization. A member of the
Buenos Aires legislature, Sergio Nahabetian met with AGBU Central
Board members, Michael Ansour and Carol Aslanian, to discuss topics of
mutual interest, focusing on issues of particular importance to the
100,000 strong Armenian Argentinean community.
An active member of Buenos Aires’ thriving Armenian community,
Nahabetian has been a member of AGBU since his childhood and served as
chairman of the Armenian Youth Association (AYA) of AGBU Buenos
Aires. He and his wife are both active on various other AGBU
committees. Nahapetian is also the director of the bilingual
Armenian-Spanish Sardarabad newspaper, president of the city’s Tekeyan
Association, and former secretary of Armenia Fund’s Argentinean
section. Nahabetian was elected to the Buenos Aires Assembly in
October of last year.
Established in 1906, AGBU () is the world’s largest
non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City with
an annual budget of $34 million, AGBU preserves and promotes the
Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and
humanitarian programs, annually serving some 400,000 Armenians in 35
countries.