ARMENIA-DIASPORA COOPERATION BECAME A STYLE OF WORK AND THINKING
Aysor
Dec 29 2009
Armenia
When asked to sum up the outgoing year, Armenia’s Minister of Diaspora
Mrs. Hranush Hakobian, turned to the story of establishing the Ministry
for Diaspora Affairs.
It was established for liaising with a great human resource which
is Diaspora, she said. "The Ministry, firstly, contributed to the
formation of the Pan-Armenian mentality. Armenia-Diaspora cooperation
became a style of work and thinking," said Mrs. Hakobian.
Armenian Diaspora, or Spourq, consists of 7 million people world-wide
with more than 50 000 organisations and foundations which were
involved in numerous meetings, forums, conferences in the outgoing
year. All these Diaspora’s representatives are "Armenia’s Ambassadors
to different countries" according to Minister.
Besides, this year marked opening of the Faculty for Duaspora Studies
at the Yerevan State University.