Serge Sargsian: All-Armenian Bank With Involvement Of State To Be Es

SERGE SARGSIAN: ALL-ARMENIAN BANK WITH INVOLVEMENT OF STATE TO BE ESTABLISHED IN ARMENIA

ARKA News Agency
Oct 16 2007
Armenia

YEREVAN, October 16. /ARKA/. An All-Armenian bank with the
involvement of the state is to be established in Armenia. This will
be a governmental structure dealing with issues of the Armenian
communities abroad, Armenia’s Prime Minister Serge Sargsian said at
his meeting with the delegation of the World Armenian Congress (WAC)
and the Union of Armenians of Russia (UAR) headed by the President
of WAC and the President of UAR Ara Abrahamian.

The Prime-Minister expressed confidence that strong Diaspora and its
consolidation with the homeland will give an opportunity to solve
the most complicated national problems.

In his turn, Ara Abrahamian said that it is time to start doing
things. In this respect, he addressed a number of planned programs,
including the initiative on organizing a major economic forum.

Abrahamian suggested setting up a joint working group for discussing
issues on supporting various programs and doing practical work.

He also expressed his gratitude to the Prime-Minister for the
suggestion to establish closer contacts with the organizations of the
Armenian communities abroad. Abrahamian assured that the business
diaspora will make every effort to meet the expectations of the
homeland as stable and strong Armenian state is the guarantee of the
preservation of Armenian communities abroad.