  Diaspora Minister believes migration from Armenia temporary   July 6, 2011 - 14:42 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Unfortunately, migration trends are obvious in Armenia, Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan said. “The main reason of migration is socio-economic problems in the country,” the Minister told a press conference in Yerevan. However, Hakobyan is confident that this is a temporary phenomenon, and that having earned a some amount of money, Armenian migrants will be back to the homeland. In this respect, she stressed that it is necessary to carry out purposeful work and use the Armenian Diaspora’s potential, for example investments, to decrease the outflow of migrants. Minister Hakobyan also noted that many Diaspora representatives return to Armenia for permanent residence.  Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says.   Partner news |  Latest news Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty  Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza.Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations.U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |
