PM SERGE SARGSYAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF CALLING A NEW CONGRESS OF WESTERN ARMENIANS

armradio.am
16.11.2007 13:45

RA Prime Minister Serge Sargsyan received Karen Mikaelyan, the
Executive Head of the organizing committee of congress of heirs of
Western Armenians that survived the Armenian Genocide.

Stressing the importance of deepening of ties and cooperation between
segments of world-spread Armenians, Karen Mikaelyan presented to the
Prime Minister the results of the organizing committee’s activity
ever since 2000 and the future plans.

The Prime Minister presented the collection of documents issued by
the committee that includes the stenography of the first and second
congresses of Western Armenians in Yerevan in 1917 and 1919, as well
as the National Congress held in Paris in 1919-1920, the lessons of
which are very important and edifying for current activity.

Stressing the importance of continuing the suspended process of
previous congresses and the initiative of calling a new assembly,
Serge Sargsyan noted that for the establishment of representative
bodies of Western Armenians – the Western Armenian National Assembly
and a National Council – it is necessary to do a great work in
Armenian communities.