RUSSIAN ARMENIANS WILL HAVE THEIR SPECIAL PLACE IN DIASPORA’S LIFE

Yerkir
03.09.2007 12:45

YEREVAN (YERKIR) – ARF Bureau representative Hrant Margarian, visiting
Kuban on August 31- September 2, met with the Armenian community
of Krasnodar, Yerkramas, the paper of the South Russia Armenians,
reported.

Margarian presented the ARF history and the present activities during
the meeting as well as the party’s role in the Armenian political
system and the Diaspora.

Attaching a great importance to the potential of Russia’s Armenian
community, Margarian pointed to the need for the Russian Armenians
to be better involved in the Diaspora life. Margarian said that the
recent agreement between the ARF and the Fair Russia party has played
a great role in the strengthening of the Armenian-Russian relations.

The agreement says that the two parties would contribute to the
partnership relations between Armenian and Russia in political,
social, economic, cultural and other issues. One of the objectives
of the agreement is to protect the rights of Armenian and Russian
communities in Russia and Armenia.

Yuri Navoyan, the head of the Russian-Armenian Cooperation organization
was accompanying Margarian during his tour.