European Armenian Federation: Serzh Sargsyan had to listen Diaspora’s
voices long time ago

2009-09-25 17:30:00

ArmInfo. "In my opinion the President’s step to meet Diaspora is a good
initiative but I think he’s a little late, for he had to listen
Diaspora’s voices long time ago", – President of the European Armenian
Federation of Justice and Democracy (EAFJD) Hilda Tchoboian told
ArmInfo correspondent when commenting upon Armenian President Serzh
Sargsyan’s initiative to organize a Pan-Armenian tour.

According to her, the president should not wait the split created
between these two parts of the nation, and that’s’what is happening
today. "On the contrary he had to prevent it. This tour of the Diaspora
should not be merely a PR operation, because in that case the crisis
would deepen.",- she said.

"As Turkish leaders announced every day that they had to take into
consideration Azerbaijani interests, and have their agreement at every
stage of the discussions with Armenia, our leaders had to declare and
do the same for the Armenians of Artzakh and Diaspora. Instead,
Armenia’s leaders let Turkey to stigmatize the Diasporan Armenians as
extremists because they don’t give up their rights",- Tchoboian said.

"This is a unique opportunity for MR Sargsyan to integrate Diaspora in
a global Armenian strategy for some vital issues regarding Armenia and
the Armenian nation",- she concluded and added that the representatives
of her organization are indeed planning to meet the president.

To recall, on October 1 Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan will start
his single-week Pan-Armenian. He will visit Paris, New York, Los
Angeles, Beirut and Rostov-on-Don to meet the Armenian communities and
familiarize himself with their opinion on Armenian-Turkish process.