YEREVAN, MAY 25, NOYAN TAPAN. On June 1, the International Day of Children's Protection, the "Armenia is my Homeland" Second Republic Youth Festival will start in Yerevan. As Lilit Asatrian, the RA Deputy Minister of Culture and Youth Issues informed the Noyan Tapan correspondent, the goal of the festival is to support to the patriotic education of young people, securing and spreading of the national values. A compatition of chalk-paintings will take place on the Freedom Square on the opening day of the festival, then a march from the Freedom Square to the "Moscow" theatre will be held. Within the framework of a conference titled "Youth, Problems, Progress and Prospects" will take place on June 17-19, in which young people from Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora will participate. The closing of the festival will take place on November 10, the International Day of Youth.

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