September 30, 2009 - 15:18 AMT
RA President's decision to make Pan-Armenian tour unprecedented
RA President Serzh Sargsyan's decision to make a Pan-Armenian tour is unprecedented, Armenian Minister of Diaspora said.

"This means that the President's attitude to Diaspora is not formal. Armenian Diaspora is an important factor for official Yerevan," Hranush Hakobyan told a news conference on Wednesday. "The entire Armenianhood has been discussing the Protocols on normalization of relations with Turkey for two months already. And it's very important that the President decided to hear out the opinion of our brothers and sisters in Diaspora personally."

RA President will launch his tour to major Armenian communities on October 1. He will visit New York, Paris, Los Angeles, Beirut and Rostov-on-Don.