YEREVAN, AUGUST 3, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. Problems concerning most different directions of the Homeland-Diaspora relations were touched upon at the July 31 meeting at the RA Ministry of Diaspora between Minister Hranush Hakobian and 79 Diasporan Armenian teachers trained in Armenia. According to the RA Ministry of Diaspora, at the beginning Minister H. Hakobian mentioned that the annual volume of budget allocations for training of Diasporan Armenian teachres in Armenia increases year by year. It made 2.7b drams (7.3m U.S. dollars) in 2009. Then, she presented directions of state politic amendments towards Diaspora during the recent few years made to the RA Constitution: Armenian Diaspora conception; to the legislation: registration of the institute on dual citizenship, foundation of the Ministry of Diaspora, adoption of the partnership ideology in the Diaspora-Armenia economic relations. H. Hakobian also presented functions and problems of the Ministry of Diaspora. The Minister also mentioned that though the Diaspora is multifoliated it must by united in the issues of securing and strengthening of the Armenian state, final and peaceful settlement of the Karabakh problem, international recognition of the Armenian Genocide. "We are of 10m and must pour pride in our people. The 21st century must be the Armenian people's century," Minister H. Hakobian emphasized. Sha also attached importance to the Armenian teacher's role especially in the affair of preserving the Armenian essence, mentioning that the greatest benefactor is just the Armenian teacher. He is the one who implements the greatest activity of keeping an Armenian as an Armenian. The RA Minister of Daispora was introduced questions and proposals by Diasporan Armenian teachers from Argentina, Georgia, Russia, Iran, Egypt, Kuwait, Syria, Turkey, Switzerland who are trained in Armenia. In response to the proposal of assistance to Diasporan teachers by the Armenian state, the Minister mentioned that the RA government has already started allocation of some financial assistance for development of the Armenian schools and Armenology in Diaspora. Besides, the state allocates rather voluminous resources for implementation of all-Armenian programs in educational, youth, cultural and other spheres. One of them is the Come Home program the first two-week stage of which finished on July 30. Many words of gratitude were addressed to the RA Minister of Diaspora on this occasion. Egyptian Armenian teacher Shake Artinian assured that the house of the family received her son within the framework of that program was "really his." In her words, all the children received by families within the framework of the program were pleased. The Egyptian Armenian teacher mentioned that many Egyptian Armenian juveniles expressed wish to visit the Homeland within the framework of the Come Home program. Minister Hranush Hakobian expressed her pride on the occasion that the families receiving Diasporan Armenian young people accepted them as own children. "I am proud that our Armenian root is so healthy," Mrs. H. Hakobian mentioned.

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