Armenia's ministry of Diaspora able to carry out serious workJuly 24, 2009 - 21:04 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Ministry of Diaspora of Armenia managed to do serious work for a short time, Arpi Vartanian, regional director of the Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) told journalists in Yerevan today. "Overall activities of the Diaspora ministry can be assessed as positive. Recently the diaspora minister Hranush Hakobyan met a group of students arrived from abroad, such meetings are very important for the Armenia-Diaspora cooperation", Arpi Vartanian said. AAA regional Director attached importance to "Ari Tun" (Come home) program, carried out by the ministry. "This program enables Armenians from the Diaspora come and stay at homeland. This is how ties between homeland and Diaspora can be strengthened," Arpi Vartanian said. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |