Armenian intellectuals launch Motherland-Diaspora Relations’ Development Initiative

News.am, Armenia

Dec 28 2020

Armenian intellectuals launch Motherland-Diaspora Relations' Development Initiative

14:40, 28.12.2020

Our Motherland is in a state of crisis, and due to the recent events, Armenia-Diaspora relations are losing their vitality. The Motherland-Diaspora Relations' Development Initiative group—comprising several intellectuals— has noted this in a statement.

Being concerned about the existing Motherland-Diaspora relations, we, the intelligentsia and the public figures of the Diaspora and Armenia, come together to create a necessary platform for national solidarity, normalization of the unity atmosphere, and announce the establishment of the Motherland-Diaspora Relations' Development Initiative.

Our goal is:

– To contribute to the effective development of Motherland-Diaspora relations, its proper presentation on the social and political agenda of Armenia.

– To raise the existing problems in the sphere of Armenia-Diaspora cooperation, to come up with practical proposals, programs and mechanisms for their solution.

All those who share our concerns and are ready to support the realization of our goals are welcomed to join the Initiative,” the statement also reads in particular.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS