YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS: A declaration was adopted to sum up the work of the third Armenia-Diaspora Conference that was wrapped up in Yerevan on September 20. Armenian Foreign Ministry’s press service told Armenpress that the declaration particularly refers to the readiness and determination of the Diaspora to support the resolution of problems faced up by Armenia.
The declaration, particularly, approves the program on reduction of poverty in the Armenian rural areas and calls on all stakeholders and organizations to have active participation in the implementation of this program. “We also reconfirm our complete responsibility and support in the regulation of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict,” says the declaration. Besides it reconfirms determination to continue work in all countries for international recognition of the Armenian genocide.
The conference took place on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the Armenian Independence. President of Armenia Robert Kocharian, Karabakh President Arkady Ghukasian, Armenian NA Speaker Tigran Torosian, Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Armenian Catholicos Karekin II and Cilician Catholicos Aram I delivered speeches at the conference.
The participants also presented and discussed a program on the elimination of poverty in the Armenian rural communities. The program will be started in spring 2007. The conference also decided to establish a consultation body which will ensure the continuation of Armenia-Diaspora partnership and form the agenda. As part of the conference forums and exhibitions were conducted.
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