Hranush Hakobian receives young people from Diaspora
24-06-2009 16:55:00 | Armenia | Social
YEREVAN, JUNE 24, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On the
initiative of the FAR Yerevan Office, RA Minister of Diaspora
Hranush Hakobian received a group of young people from Diaspora,
who are for the first time in the homeland and have come from
New Jersey, Boston, and Marseille to hold their student practice
in Armenia. Minister Hranush Hakobian said that she attaches
much importance to deepening of contacts of young people from
Diaspora with the homeland, to their opinion and reflections
over all national and all Armenian programs, and in general,
over the general progress of our state and our people. According
to the Minister, it is not accidental that problems regarding
Diaspora's youth are included in almost all programs of the
Ministry of Diaspora. Mrs Hakobian reminded to her guests, young
people the necessity of keeping the most important and necessary
components of preservation of Armenian identity. Besides, the
Minister emphasized the importance of revealing the Armenian
potential worldwide and using it for homeland's strengthening.
Mrs Hakobian in general outline presented Ministry's programs,
in implementation of which active participation of Diaspora's
young people can only ensure the desirable result. According to
the RA Ministry of Diaspora Press and Public Relations
Department, the Diasporan Armenians hosted by the Minister are
specialists of various spheres and successfully work at various
institutions abroad. Their questions to the Minister mainly
regarded the general concerns of the Armenians worldwide: danger
of assimilation, loss of Armenian identity, mixed marriages,
danger of separating from the Armenian community, etc.
Minister's answer to these concerns was exact: the
difficult and responsible mission of preventing possible
undesirable developments and inspiring an Armenian with
Armenia-Diaspora cooperation, keeping the Armenian identity and
making an Armenian live with the Homeland, in addition to
Diasporan organizations, also lays on the RA Ministry of
Diaspora, and, according to the Minister, the youth of Diaspora
should also take an active part in solution of the problems put
forward by the Ministry as far as possible. The young people got
inspired with Minister's speech and expressed a resolution to
constantly keep up with the RA Ministry of Diaspora programs
through Internet and Hayern Aysor electronic newspaper and to
assist their implementation as far as possible.