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    RA MINISTER OF DIASPORA MEETS DIASPORAN ARMENIAN TEACHERS TRAINED IN ARMENIA

    Noyan Tapan
    Aug 3, 2009

    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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