HRANUSH HAKOBIAN RECEIVES YOUNG PEOPLE FROM DIASPORA

Noyan Tapan
June 24, 2009

YEREVAN, JUNE 24, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. On the initiative
of the FAR Yerevan Office, RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian
received a group of young people from Diaspora, who are for the
first time in the homeland and have come from New Jersey, Boston,
and Marseille to hold their student practice in Armenia. Minister
Hranush Hakobian said that she attaches much importance to deepening
of contacts of young people from Diaspora with the homeland, to
their opinion and reflections over all national and all Armenian
programs, and in general, over the general progress of our state
and our people. According to the Minister, it is not accidental
that problems regarding Diaspora’s youth are included in almost all
programs of the Ministry of Diaspora. Mrs Hakobian reminded to her
guests, young people the necessity of keeping the most important and
necessary components of preservation of Armenian identity. Besides, the
Minister emphasized the importance of revealing the Armenian potential
worldwide and using it for homeland’s strengthening. Mrs Hakobian in
general outline presented Ministry’s programs, in implementation of
which active participation of Diaspora’s young people can only ensure
the desirable result. According to the RA Ministry of Diaspora Press
and Public Relations Department, the Diasporan Armenians hosted by
the Minister are specialists of various spheres and successfully work
at various institutions abroad.

Their questions to the Minister mainly regarded the general concerns
of the Armenians worldwide: danger of assimilation, loss of Armenian
identity, mixed marriages, danger of separating from the Armenian
community, etc.

Minister’s answer to these concerns was exact: the difficult and
responsible mission of preventing possible undesirable developments
and inspiring an Armenian with Armenia-Diaspora cooperation, keeping
the Armenian identity and making an Armenian live with the Homeland,
in addition to Diasporan organizations, also lays on the RA Ministry of
Diaspora, and, according to the Minister, the youth of Diaspora should
also take an active part in solution of the problems put forward by
the Ministry as far as possible. The young people got inspired with
Minister’s speech and expressed a resolution to constantly keep up
with the RA Ministry of Diaspora programs through Internet and Hayern
Aysor electronic newspaper and to assist their implementation as far
as possible.