OSKANYAN REPRESENTED THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ARMENIAN DIASPORA
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[04:50 pm] 20 October, 2006
RA Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanyan who is in Canada on a official
duty made a speech in the international conference titled "Peace and
Development: The Role of the Diaspora" organized by the UN and the
University for Peace in Toronto.
President of the 61st session of the UN General Assembly Sheikha Haya
Rashed Al Khalifa opened the conference.
The Minister represented the experience of the Diaspora and spoke about
the activity of the structures of the Diaspora in different countries.
Representing a historical outline of the creation and formation of
the Armenian Diaspora, he referred to the problem of originality of
the Diaspora.
A reference was made to the relations of Armenia with the Diaspora. The
Minister mentioned that the Diaspora supports Armenia economically
and politically.