U. S. ARMENIAN COMMUNITY READY TO PROMOTE NKR DEVELOPMENT

DeFacto Agency, Armenia
Nov 20 2006

"There is no Armenia without Artsakh, and there is no Artsakh without
Armenia. We should do our best to ensure Artsakh’s development", the
Armenian Diaspora’s representatives repeatedly stated at a reception
in honor of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) President Arkady
Ghoukassian held last Saturday evening in Santa Anna (CA).

According to the information DE FACTO received at the Main Department
of Information under the NKR President, Arkady Ghoukassian had thanked
his American compatriots for their long-time support to Artsakh’s
social, economic, cultural and spiritual development. The President
underscored Nagorno-Karabakh’s achievements would be impossible without
the Armenian Diaspora’s aid. The meeting’s participants expressed their
readiness to go on rendering assistance to the NKR via implementing
various development projects in the Republic. The interlocutors
stressed the importance of the Diaspora’s active participation
in the TV marathon to be held in the U. S. November 23. The
marathon is targeted at fund raising for the Nagorno-Karabakh’s
further development, in part, Hadrut region’s construction. Famous
philanthropists Costi and Marian Shirvanian, Ralph and Savy Tufenkian,
Hakop and Mina Shirvanian, Vartkes and Mary Najarian, Vahe and
Veronique Karapetian, Roger and Ellen Ohannisian, Hakop Baghdasarian
and others were present at the reception. RÀ Consul General in Los
Angeles Armen Liloyan also participated in the event.

In the course of Arkady Ghoukassian’s meeting with the U. S. Armenian
Diaspora’s influential representatives Dr. Arthur Mesropian, Albert
Boyajian and Harry Turpanjian the interlocutors considered the
perspectives of the Nagorno-Karabakh’s all-sided development. The
NKR President also met with the Armenian Assembly of America (AAA)
leadership and activists in Los Angeles. The interlocutors discussed
the issues referring to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement,
the NKR regional security, social and economic development and further
democratization.

The NKR President Arkady Ghoukassian will hold a number of other
meetings within the frames of the TV marathon’s preparation.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress