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Tigran Sargsyan: Armenia and Diaspora form a stronger state
13.12.2008 14:06 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ ‘The 1946-1948 Repatriation and its Lessons: The
Issue of Repatriation Today’ international conference kicked off in
Yerevan today on initiative of the Armenian Ministry of Diaspora
Affairs and the National Academy of Sciences.

The opening ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan,
Minister of Diaspora Affairs Hranush Hakobian, MPs and other
officials.

"We have organized this conference to work out a special repatriation
program, taking into consideration the mistakes made in 1946-48,"
Minister Hakobian said. "The Armenians who are preparing to return to
homeland should know what they will do here and what kind of problems
they can face. "

For his part, Prime Minister Sargsyan said, "Armenia together with
Diaspora is quite another country. Our Diaspora is not so far from us,
as it was during the Soviet era. Today it’s an inseparable part of our
life."