NEW ARMENIAN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN MOSCOW

PanARMENIAN.Net
26.02.2010 10:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The newly founded Forum of Armenian Organizations in
Moscow (FAOM) aims at consolidation of relations between different
Armenian organizations, proper implementation of programs and
activities, improvement of information provision and settlement of
disagreements possible between some organizations.

The initiating group believes that it’s high time to create a
consolidating platform to represent all organizations’ interests to
coordinate their activities in order to avoid project and program
redundancy.

"To establish and strengthen relations among the organizations and
groups of the Armenian Diaspora in Moscow and to ensure discussion of
perspective joint projects, we initiated formation of the Forum of
Armenian organizations in Moscow (FAOM). The Forum aims to create a
common Armenian platform, which wouldn’t anyhow infringe upon separate
organizations’ rights. Uppermost, the forum will act as Armenian
diaspora’s information area. That kind of cooperation will facilitate
consolidation of organizations, protection of Armenian diaspora’s
interests, strengthening of mutual support, improvement of their
potential and enabling Moscow diaspora to participate in settlement
of national issues. The forum activities will help strengthen the
influence of Armenian organizations in Russia as well as improve
relations with Armenia, Artsakh and Armenian communities abroad,"
the Forum said in a statement.

The first session of the forum is to be held on February 27.

Presentation of Armenian organizations’ activities for practice
exchange, discussion and approval of the activities in different fields
of cooperation, adoption of a statement on establishment of the forum
and creation of coordinating body of the Forum are in included in
the first session’s agenda.

(FAOM) organizing committee consists of Yuri Navoyan, President
of Russian-Armenian Commonwealth organization, Gregory Anisonyan,
editor-in-chief of Noah’s Ark newspaper, Eduard Ghulyan, Chairman
of Artsakh’s friends club, Henry Sardaryan, chairman of the Armenian
Community of MGIMO-University, and Igor Zargaryan, representative of
Western Armenians’ Compatriotic Union.