On September 27, Armenian Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan received the delegation of the Central Executive Board of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Association. The delegation included Central Executive Board Chair, Megerdich Megerdichian (Lebanon), members Garabed Baytaryan (Lebanon), Garo Manjikian (Syria), Viken Tufenkjian (Canada), Chair of Hamazkayin Foundation Board and Central Executive Board Member, Spartak Gharabaghtsian, and Director of the Foundation of Armenia, Nare Mikayelian.
Welcoming the guests, the Minister of Diaspora highly appreciated the Association’s activities aimed at preserving the Armenian identity, the close cooperation with the Ministry of Diaspora, and the implementation of joint educational and cultural programs.
The guests presented their impressions concerning the organization, reports and the anticipated results of the Armenia-Diaspora 6th Pan-Armenian Forum.
They discussed also issues related to the development and strengthening of cooperation between the Ministry of Diaspora and Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Association, as well as the joint celebrations dedicated to the 90th anniversary of Hamazkayin in 2018.