YEREVAN, AUGUST 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The event entitled Armenian Buenos Aires launched on August 10, 2009 on the initiative of the Commission for the Preservation of Historic Cultural Heritage of Argentine Ministry of Culture, RA Embassy in Buenos Aires and Armenian communitie. The aim of this historic-cultural program implemented by Buenos Aires government is to show the role of Armenians residing in Buenos Aires in the cultural, economic, public and humanitarian fields, as well as to present the Armenian people's history, reasons for Armenians' immigration to Argentina and their achievements within the last century as the citizens of Argentina. According to the Press and Public Relations Department of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the opening ceremony of the Armenian Buenos Aires program took place in the ancient building of the first Argentinean Republic Parliament. Leticia Maronese, the Secretary General for the Preservation of Historic Cultural Heritage of the Ministry of Culture, the Deputy Chairman of National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism Pedro Muradian, the Director General of the Heritage and History Institute Liliana Barela and RA Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Argentina Vladimir Karmirshalyan presented the opening speech. The Armenian Buenos Aires program which includes The Immigration of Armenians to Buenos Aires, Armenians and Religion, Genocide and Negation, The role of Armenian Woman in Society, Armenian Press, Armenian Art, Armenian Cuisine and other themes, will end with a concert of community ensembles.

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