NEW MEETINGS OF THE PRIME MINISTER IN AMERICAN ARMENIAN COMMUNITY

Azat Artsakh Newspaper NKR
Published on November 26, 2009

On November 23, the NKR Prime minister Ara Harutyunyan had a
meeting with the members of Central Committee of Western America’s ARF
by the head of the CC representative Avetik Izmirlyan. Questions
refering to azeri-karabakh conflict settlement, armenian-turkish
relations, Homeland-Diaspora collaboration were discussed at the
meeting. The head of the republic’s government underlined, that
Artsakh’s continuous development was one of the most important bases
of armenian statehood’s strengthening, and in this process all the
pieces of armenian people should be united. From this point of view
Ara Harutyunyan attached importance to restoration of Shushi, which in
its turn is one of the main components of Artsakh’s intensification.
The primate of Artsakh’s Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church Pargev
archbishop Martirosyan, the chief of the main administration of
information of NKR President’s stuff David Babayan, NKR permanent
representative in the USA Robert Avetisyan were present at the
meeting. The same day the delegation headed by the Prime minister
visited Vahan and Anush national college and met with teachers’ stuff
and pupils of the college. Ara Harutyunyan estimated highly the
role of the institution in the work of armenian education of young
generation, underlining, that nation’s future was created just in
school. The Prime minister attached importance also to the
long-term relation of the college with the school of Ashan,
considering it a bright example of Homeland-Diaspora collaboration.
On November 23, Ara Harutyunyan visited also the primacy of North
America’s Western Diocese of Armenian Apostolic Church and met with
the primate of the Diocese Hovnan archbishop Terteryan, parish council
and representatives of armenian community. The Prime minister
acquainted the presents with NKR socio-economical situation, the
present stage of azeri-karabakh conflict settlement and the process of
realizing various programs in Shushi. Speaking about
Homeland-Diaspora relations, Ara Harutyunyan underlined the role of
Armenian Apostolic Church in the work of future development and
broadening of these relations. The same day the Prime minister had
also a meeting with the benefactor Isahak Vardanyan. Questions
connected with the programs being realized in the sphere of
construction in Artsakh were discussed at the meeting. Ara
Harutyunyan expressed gratitude to Isahak Vardanyan for assisting
Artsakh and hoped, that the active collaboration would continue also
in future.