YOUNG PEOPLE FROM KARABAKH VISITED NORTH CAUCASUS
KarabakhOpen
10-07-2007 10:40:40
The representatives of Armenian youth organizations visited North
Caucasus June 23 to 30. The group included 25 members of the Defender
of Homeland NGO and 5 representatives of the Armenia-based organization
Eagles of Syunik.
The aim of the visit was to learn about the life of Armenians living
in the North Caucasus, set up links with the local organizations,
the Defender of Homeland told us. The benefactor Samvel Hakobyan,
the chair of the Union of Azatamartiks of Artsakh Samvel Karapetyan
and Artem Arzumanyan, head of the Armenian community of Stavropol,
supported this useful initiative.
Within a week the young people visited Minvodi, Pyatigorsk,
Jeleznovodsk, Kislovodsk, Georgievsk, Yessentuki, Zelenokumsk and
Budyonovsk with support from the local communities. Everywhere the
young people from Armenia and Karabakh got a warm welcome.
During the visit it became known that there are lots of obstacles
to the preservation of the Armenian identity in the North Caucasus,
especially among young people. Agreement on cooperation and further
promotion of links between Armenia and the Diaspora was reached.
The young people of the North Caucasus said they are willing to visit
their homeland, and 30 people will visit Karabakh in August.