FAAE CHAIRMAN CALLS FOR CREATING WORLD ALL ARMENIAN FORUM TO CONTRIBUTE TO HAY DAT SOLUTION

Noyan Tapan
May 7, 2009

BRATISLAVA, MAY 7, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Ashot Grigorian,
the Chairman of the Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe,
made a statement calling organizations acting in the Diaspora for
unifying establishing a World Forum, the activity of which will be
aimed at solving the Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) and preventing issue’s
developments not favorable for Armenia. The statement, the text of
which A. Grigorian also provided to Noyan Tapan, in particular, read:

"A change in the domestic and foreign political situation was recorded
after Armenia and Turkey came to a mutual consent over provisions
unknown yet and created a road-map, which called forth much concern
in the Diaspora.

The creation of the road-map is no doubt much regress on the background
of the huge achievements of past decades in the issue of Genocide,
which is very alarming for the Diaspora. The Armenians in the Diaspora
are also very much concerned with another important issue of Hay Dat,
developments proceeding around the Nagorno Karabakh problem.

The Forum of Armenian Associations of Europe (FAAE) receives many
telephone calls and letters from Diasporan Armenian organizations
and individuals, who express bewilderment how the RA authorities can
sign any document on vital issues of the nation of nearly 10 million
people spread all over the world without taking into consideration
the people’s opinion, especially completely ignore Artsakh people’s
opinion. The Diasporan Armenians hold the same opinion in an issue:
the Armenian authorities should not be permitted to make personal
decisions. Even attempts of Hay Dat’s solution not favorable for
Armenia will drive a wedge among the Armenian nation, which is fraught
with serious consequences.

FAAE proposes Armenian organizations and parties in the whole world
unifying and creating a common All Armenian Forum, which will either
unitedly support the Armenian authorities in resisting insuperable
pressure exerted on the latters by third countries or will form
opposition to the Armenian authorities in case the latters make
personal decisions in issues of national significance and will assume
the struggle for solving the Hay Dat.

We would like the organizations and authorities of Artsakh to also
take an active part in the work of the newly created World All Armenian
Forum, union of Armenian organizations of America, Europe, and Russia
(etc.).

Forum’s founding congress will be held in September. Before that
we are ready through electronic or other means of communication
to discuss problems we all are concerned with and working with the
Armenian authorities to prevent fatal actions posing danger for the
Armenian people and to contribute to solution of the Hay Dat. We are
waiting for responses with hope."

According to the statement, bids for participation in the organizing
committee’s work on forum’s creation can be introduced to FAAE to
the following e-mail: armes@nextra.sk.