September 10, 2002 - 18:32 AMT
"ARMENIANS OF WORLD AT TURN OF CENTURIES AND URGENT PROBLEMS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS" CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN MOSCOW
"Armenians of the world at the turn of centuries and urgent problems of international relations" conference will be held in Moscow October 7-8. Representatives of Armenian diaspora of various countries of the world, as well as well-known Russian political scientists, economists and scientists participate in the forum held under the aegis of the "Union of Armenians of Russia." Yesterday questions of arranging the conference were discussed by Russian President's administration head Alexander Voloshin and "Union of Armenians of Russia" President Ara Abramian. A.Voloshin positively evaluated Armenian diaspora's contribution to strengthening mutually beneficial political, economic, cultural and humanitarian relations between Russia and Armenia. He also emphasized the importance of holding the conference to effectively use the Armenian diaspora potential for further developing friendly ties between the peoples of Armenia and Russia.