Diaspora Minister Mkhitar Hayrapetyan expresses an opinion that the Diaspora should not be regarded as an automated teller machine. According to him, our relations should be mutually beneficial: Armenia cares about the Diaspora, the Diaspora cares about Armenia.

“The Ministry of Diaspora aims to work with everyone who thinks about the strong link between Armenia-Diaspora-Artsakh. There will be no privileges when working with us.”

According to the minister, 100 households in the United States have resettled homes for sale and want to come to Armenia.

“Repatriates are interested in two factors: the legality in the country and the availability of jobs. There is no longer any problem for the first point, they trust the current government, and the creation of jobs requires time. And integration, language issues cannot cause serious problems,” he said.

Touching upon the possible optimization of the Ministry of Diaspora, the minister said:

“At the moment, there is no such issue on the agenda. Any decision that the government will make will be in the interests of the RA citizen,” the minister concluded.