YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The Zharangutiun (Heritage) faction of the RA National Assembly has passed on to the Prime Minister the suggestion of professor Arthur Ishkhanian, a correspondent member of the RA National Academy of Sciences, on creating a state fund for the purpose of providing assistance to the Armenian young people studying in foreign high-rating universities. According to the statement made by Anahit Bakhshian, a member of the above-mentioned faction, on November 13, the issue is of strategical significance for the country, as an ooportunity is created to morally and by the application of certain mechanisms promote the return of talented young people to their homeland for the purpose of serving to the development of the country. She mentioned that the program can be even more productive with the investments of the Diaspora. Taking into consideration the circumstance that the sphere of education was recognized as a supreme one by the 2008 state budget, the MP expressed hope that the Prime Minister will contribute to the creation of a similar fund.

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