Armenia’s Diaspora Commissioner seeks to mobilize connections in U.S.June 25, 2019 - 12:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs Zareh Sinanyan has said that he has “good connections” in the United States which he needs to mobilize for the benefit of Armenia. Sinanyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan participated in the opening of a park dedicated to La Francophonie and a family sports complex in the town Masis. The High Commissioner said he has lived in the U.S. for 31 years and must mobilize all his connections. “The situation has changed, we must be able to unite everyone, Diasporans are in great mood,” Sinanyan said. A lot of people, he said, have already moved their property to Armenia, though the media doesn’t necessarily know about such cases. Sinanyan revealed that he is first going to work with the Armenian community in Russia, citing it as the biggest outside the country. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |