ARMENIAN FM: WE SHOULD MAKE BEST OF GLOBALIZATION
Yerevan, February 10. ArmInfo. Globalization is a natural and
inevitable process, Armenian FM Vardan Oskanyan says in an interview
to Kentron TV.
This process has varied throughout history and there are different
concepts of globalization. The key factor that boosted globalization
was the invention of the internet. There is also political, economic
and cultural globalization. Economic globalization is the most active
process, while political globalization is stirred up by climatatic
change, terrorism and even bird flu.
We should take it positively. For Armenia, who is a small country
but has a big Diaspora, globalization may prove like manna from
heaven. Simply, we should know how to use it, says Oskanyan. Today,
capitalism is not the same as it was before: today, it requires
knowledge. And so, we must create necessary conditions for our youths
to get proper education and to make their country competitive in
the world. We should teach our youths how to make the best of the
opportunities globalization offers, says Oskanyan.
Unless we do it, we will get no benefits from globalization. Today,
we need youths speaking Armenian, English and Russian equally
well. Unfortunately, presently, many young Armenians speak Russian
much worse than their parents do. True, they speak English better
but not as well as they should. And so, we should provide them with
opportunities to learn languages.