YEGHEGNADZOR, MAY 24, NOYAN TAPAN. A conference was held in Yeghegnadzor on May 19-21 in which scientific workers of the History Institute of the RA National Academy of Sciences (NAS) participated. "When everything is centralized in Yerevan, it is pleasant that the science is moved to marzes," Professor Ashot Melkonian, the NAS History Institute Director mentioned in the opening speech of the conference being held at the "Gitelik" University. He expressed gratitude to Bishop Abraham Mkrtchian, the Syunik Diocese Primate for by the assistance the latter, as a member of the "Gitelik" University Board of Trustees, a tradition of holding the conference in Vayots Dzor is already being formed: a similar conference was for the first time held here in 2005. A meeting among scientific workers and "Gitelik" University students was also organized within the framework of the conference, during what the issue of Armenians' identity was touched upon. Students addressed numerous questions to the History Institute Director, starting from the Armenian Genocide problems to acception of national ideology of our-days political figures. Deputy Regional Governor of Vayots Dzor Samvel Tarverdian was also present at the conference.

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