WORLD ARMENIAN CONGRESS YEREVAN OFFICE MOVES TO NEW BUILDING
Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Mar 06 2007
YEREVAN, MARCH 6, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The active cooperation
of the World Armenian Congress (WAC) Armenian Office will assist
development of Armenia and the Armenian people’s unification round the
"one nation, one ideology" slogan. Ara Abrahamian, the Chairman of the
WAC and Union of Armenians of Russia made such a statement on March
3, during the official ceremony dedicated to moving of the Congress
and Union Yerevan office to a new building. The office was moved to
a newly built building in the center of Yerevan. In A.Abrahamian’s
words, the Congress plans to have 9 representations in the marzes of
Armenia and two representations in the cities of Washington and Los
Angeles, the United States of America, in the nearest future. For
building of the Yerevan office, A.Abrahamian expressed gratitude to
benefactor Samvel Karapetian, the Chairman of the Union of Armenians in
Kaluga. In A. Abrahamian’s words, the role of Diaspora is irreplaceable
at present in the sense of social-economic development of Armenia,
investment issues, charity actions as well as just solution of the
Nagorno Karabakh problem and Armenian Genocide recognition. Levon
Ananian, the Chairman of the Writers’ Union of Armenia, a founder
member of the World Armenian Congress mentioned that he attached
importance not only to the symbol of opening the office but also to
continuation of previous works of the Congress. "Those values are
not yet appraised at its true worth in the atmosphere of today’s
disagreement, the future must still say the word of its estimation,
but one who has an eye, sees, one who has ear, listens, who has
ability of estimating, value," L.Ananian said. Atom Mkhitarian,
the Chairman of the Association of Youth Organizations of the World
Armenian Congress expressed confidence that the newly opened office
will become a place of implementation of national goals.