Diaspora Assists in Two Directions – Economic and Political

PanARMENIAN.Net
20.10.2006 17:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, who is
on a working visit in Canada at present, addressed the international
conference titled "Creation of Possibilities for Development and Peace.

Role of Diaspora" initiated by the UN and University for Peace, reports
the RA MFA press office. Vartan Oskanian presented the Diaspora’s
activities in various states and the problems of its development.

When touching upon the Armenia-Diaspora relations, the Minister
remarked that the Armenian Diaspora renders assistance in two
directions – economic (investments, philanthropy and financial
transfers) and political (assistance in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict
settlement, the Armenian Genocide recognition and the Armenian-Turkish
relations).