RA PRIME MINISTER GREETS IDEA OF CALLING THIRD CONGRESS OF WESTERN ARMENIANS
IN PARIS
YEREVAN, December 7 (Noyan Tapan). Karen Mikaelian, editor-in-chief
of “Armyanski Vestnik” and “Grazhdanin” magazines published in Moscow
represented the program of activities of the organizing body attending
to calling of the third congress of Western Armenians in Paris in
the near future during the December 6 meeting with RA Prime Minister
Andranik Margarian. He mentioned that the previous 2 congresses
took place at the beginning of the previous century, in 1917 and
1919 in Yerevan (the latter continued in 1920 in Paris) and the
goal of the future congress, in essense, is to continue uniting the
Armenians spread all over the world, which is aimed at strengthening
of our statehood. Karen Mikaelian attached importance to extension of
contacts and cooperation between Armenians living in the whole world
for the purpose of realization of pan-national goals, assistance to
further development of Armenian independent statehood. According to
the Information and Public Relations Department of RA government,
greeting the idea of calling the congress, Andranik Margarian also
highly estimated Karen Mikaelian’s recent activity while holding the
positions of UN employee in Soviet period, Acting Chairman of Committee
on Armenia’s Contacts with Armenians from Spyurk in 1994-96, and the
position of editor-in-chief of “Armyanski Vestnik” and “Grazhdanin”
magazines. Among the issues discussed the Prime Minister also attached
importance to the “Pan-Armenian Consultations (1912-1920)” collected
works published recently in Yerevan owing to Karen Mikaelian including
the documents and materials of all Pan-Armenian Congresses held in