Armenian prime minister presents functions of chief commissioner for Diaspora
12.02.2019,
16:47
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the Chief Commissioner for Diaspora Issues, who has actually replaced the Ministry of Diaspora, will deal with Diaspora policy issues, coordinate the work of all the ministries in this area to ensure high level relations between Armenia and its vast Diaspora.
YEREVAN, February 12. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the Chief Commissioner for Diaspora Issues, who has actually replaced the Ministry of Diaspora, will deal with Diaspora policy issues, coordinate the work of all the ministries in this area to ensure high level relations between Armenia and its vast Diaspora.
According to Pashinyan, the government has set two major tasks in its relations with the Diaspora, which "are revolutionary."
"The first is that we have not yet carried out an inventory of the potential and influence of our Diaspora by countries. As a result,, this area is not properly regulated. The government’s plan of actions for the next five years gives a special place to the creation of an all-Armenian network,” Pashinyan stressed.
The second task, as Pashinyan said, is to create a unified organization, structure, or format that will represent the Diaspora.
Pashinyan stressed that the Armenian Diaspora is huge running thousands of organizations. “Physically it is possible to organize discussion with one part of it and impossible with the other,” he said, noting that solving this task is a big challenge for the government.
According to various estimates, the Armenian Diaspora numbers from 10 to 12 million people. The largest Armenian communities live in Russia (about 2 million people), the USA (more than 1 million), France (about 500 thousand), Georgia (250 thousand), Lebanon (140 thousand) and other countries .-- 0--
According to Pashinyan, the government has set two major tasks in its relations with the Diaspora, which "are revolutionary."
"The first is that we have not yet carried out an inventory of the potential and influence of our Diaspora by countries. As a result,, this area is not properly regulated. The government’s plan of actions for the next five years gives a special place to the creation of an all-Armenian network,” Pashinyan stressed.
The second task, as Pashinyan said, is to create a unified organization, structure, or format that will represent the Diaspora.
Pashinyan stressed that the Armenian Diaspora is huge running thousands of organizations. “Physically it is possible to organize discussion with one part of it and impossible with the other,” he said, noting that solving this task is a big challenge for the government.
According to various estimates, the Armenian Diaspora numbers from 10 to 12 million people. The largest Armenian communities live in Russia (about 2 million people), the USA (more than 1 million), France (about 500 thousand), Georgia (250 thousand), Lebanon (140 thousand) and other countries .-- 0--
