LEVON ANANIAN: DIASPORA IS NOT ONLY MATTER BUT ALSO SPIRIT

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Sept 05 2006

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Relations between
Armenia and the Diaspora have always been firm, the Diaspora has
always stood near Armenia and in the recent years, after Armenia’s
independence, these relations got a new quality. Levon Ananian,
Chairman of the Armenian Union of Writers, declared at the September 5
meeting of representatives of creative intelligentsia with RA Foreign
Minister Vartan Oskanian dedicated to the forthcoming Armenia-Diaspora
forum.

As he estimated, the Diaspora’s support was one-sided formerly, but
now Armenia has reconsidered its policy towards the Diaspora. "As
the Diaspora is not only a matter, but also a spirit," Levon Ananian
declared.

Vartan Oskanian presented the agenda of the Armenia-Diaspora third
forum to the meeting participants. In the minister’s words, the forum
creates a historical possibility for discussing important national
issues among representatives of Armenia and the Diaspora.

The minister drew the attention of those present to the project of
improving the living conditions of 50 Armenian villages and informed
them that 30 Diasporan sponsors have already given consent to finance
the project.