ARMENIAN ASSISTANCE FUND IS READY TO TAKE PART IN RESTORATION PROGRAMS OF RURAL COMMUNITIES OF ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Jun 29 2007

YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. It was mentioned at the June 29 meeting
held between Robert Kocharian, the RA President, and the delegation
headed by Gevorg Hovnanian, the Founder Chairman of the Armenian
Assistance Fund of America, that the fund has implemented rather
serious programs since Armenia became independent.

Archbishop Khazhak Parsamian, the President of the Armenian Assistance
Fund and the Head of the U.S. Eastern diocese, declared that the
delegation has arrived in Armenia in order to take part in the
opening ceremony of the new building disposed for the activities of
the Armenian Assistance Fund in Yerevan.

The members of the delegation made assertions that the Armenian
Assistance Fund, true to its mission, will continue to contribute to
the development and progress of Armenia. They also mentioned that
they envisage to discuss the development programs of the fund for
the coming ten years at the end of the visit.

According to the members of the organization, it is time to pass from
assistance programs to development ones. The Armenian Assistance Fund,
headed by Gevorg Hovnanian, expressed a willingness to take an active
part in the restoration program of rural communities.

According to the information provided to Noyan Tapan by the RA
President’s Press Office, Robert Kocharian welcomed the benefactor’s
desire and considered the fact of overcoming the disproportionate
development of the capital and rural communities a problem of vital
importance for the government. He also mentioned that serious measures
are being taken in that direction and that there are great expectations
from different programs.