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  • AGBU Press Office: Karabakh President Meets With AGBU Central Board

    AGBU Press Office
    55 East 59th Street
    New York, NY 10022-1112
    Phone: 212.319.6383, x118
    Fax: 212.319.6507
    Email: [email protected]
    Website: www.agbu.org

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Tuesday, November 14, 2006

    Karabakh President Meets With AGBU Central Board Members

    On November 7, 2006, the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic,
    Arkady Ghoukassian, met with AGBU President Berge Setrakian and
    Board Member Michael Ansour at AGBU Central Office in Manhattan
    for a discussion of the issues facing Armenians around the world,
    and Karabakh in particular, today and in the years to come.

    The meeting, which included the participation of Kevork Toroyan of
    Armenia Fund USA and Vartan Barseghian, Permanent Representative of the
    Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the USA, covered matters related to AGBU's
    extensive programming in Karabakh and points of cooperation between
    the world's largest Armenian non-profit organization and the Republic.

    Mr. Setrakian highlighted AGBU's continuing support of Karabakh's
    civil society through projects that tackle the educational, cultural
    and infrastructure difficulties facing the nation.

    Since 2001, AGBU has initiated and financially supported a number of
    projects in Karabakh, including the reconstruction of Alex Manoogian
    Street in central Stepanakert, the construction of a housing
    complex for war veterans and widows, the building of Stepanakert
    Secondary School #7, the establishment and funding of the Karabakh
    Chamber Orchestra and the Karabakh Repopulation Project, which has
    rejuvenated two villages in the southeast Hadrut region and is poised
    to reconstruct two additional settlements.

    Mr. Ghoukassian was in the United States to participate in Armenia
    Fund's Thanksgiving Telethon, which annually raises millions of dollars
    for various projects in Armenia and Karabakh. Proceeds from Telethon
    2006 will benefit the region of Hadrut in Karabakh.

    Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world's largest
    non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City
    with an annual budget of $34 million, AGBU preserves and promotes
    the Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and
    humanitarian programs, annually serving some 400,000 Armenians in
    35 countries.
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