HAKOB AVETIKIAN: SERZH SARGSYAN’S ONE-WEEK ALL ARMENIAN TRIP STRESSES DIASPORA’S IMPORTANCE
Noyan Tapan
Sep 29, 2009
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 29, NOYAN TAPAN. RA President Serzh Sargsyan’s
one-week all Armenian trip stresses Diaspora’s importance, gives
a signal to everyone on Diaspora’s being a factor. Azg daily’s
editor-in-chief Hakob Avetikian expressed such an opinion at a
September 29 press conference.
It should be mentioned that for hearing Armenian Diaspora’s opinions of
normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations the RA President will visit
Paris, New York, Los Angeles, Beirut, and Rostov-on-Don from October 1.
According to H. Avetikian, more importance was attached to the Diaspora
during S. Sargsyan’s tenure, and the creation of the RA Ministry of
Diaspora is one of its evidence. "All this proves that S. Sargsyan’s
power works with the Diaspora as a whole," he said. In H. Avetikian’s
opinion, President’s all Armenian trip once more stresses the
importance of the issue of recognition of the Armenian Genocide. "It
is a very serious message to the Diaspora and especially to various
countries, including Turkey. Turkey always put forward a condition
that RA should influence and silence the Diaspora, and President’s
this visit stresses Diaspora’s factor and thus, the importance of
the issue of Genocide saying that we cannot make concessions here,"
H. Avetikian mentioned.
In his opinion, though during the trip the RA President will not meet
wide circles of Diaspora, nevertheless it can introduce a change in
Diasporan Armenians’ thinking. According to H. Avetikian, the Diaspora
really needs correct information. Meanwhile he said that the Diaspora
cannot have a common opinion.