ARMENIA HAS TO BE RECOGNIZABLE TO ARMENIAN YOUTH WORLDWIDE
PanARMENIAN.Net
01.09.2009 17:35 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today, the Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan
met with the participants of the "Ari tun" (Come back home) program
in the ancient temple of Garni. As the press service of the RA
government reports, Tigran Sargsyan discussed main priorities of
country’s development, prospects of strengthening the Armenia-Diaspora
ties. Tigran Sargsyan presented gifts to winners of the Ari Tun
intellectual game.
The purpose of the Ari Tun program is to make Armenia recognizable
for the Armenian youth scattered in the world, to foster a feeling of
fatherland, national values, awareness of national identity among the
Armenian Diaspora youth, to familiarize young people with traditions
and customs of Armenia, to promote spiritual, educational and cultural
convergence between Armenia and Diaspora.
Welcoming the representatives of the Armenian youth of Diaspora, the
prime minister noted that our relations with Diaspora are continuously
strengthening and the Armenia-Diaspora cooperation is one of the
priorities of the government. He also noted that young people have
the honor to become new ambassadors of their motherland.
Tigran Sargsyan expressed his special thanks to those families who
hosted youth representatives and shared with them the warmth of their
homes. The Prime Minister recalled that their real homeland is located
in this corner of the world, Armenia, and called upon them to return.