BY FAR’S PROGRAM "TRAVEL TO ARMENIA" NEXT GROUP OF AMERICAN ARMENIAN YOUNG SPECIALISTS VISITS HISTORIC HOMELAND
Noyan Tapan
Jun 15 2007
YEREVAN, JUNE 15, NOYAN TAPAN. By the "Travel to Armenia" program of
Fund for Armenian Relief (FAR) next group consisting of 23-40-year-old
American Armenian specialists is in Armenia on a ten-day visit
from June 11. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by Levon
Lachikian, FAR Spokesperson, the group will see Armenia’s sights,
will visit Nagorno Karabakh, as well as will meet with Catholicos of
All Armenians Karekin II, RA Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian.
L. Lachikian said that within the framework of the program being
implemented for already the 11th year in total 280 specialists have
visited Armenia. In his words, this program has the goal to contribute
to strengthening of contacts between young Armenian specialists of
Armenia and Diasapora. In L. Lachikian’s words, during the visits
Diasporan Armenian young people not only get acquainted with their
native land, but also receive a possibility to orient themselves in
the issue of providing practical assistance to the homeland.