AAA Summer program gather students for 10 yearsJuly 24, 2009 - 20:42 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Assembly of America (AAA) has organized the summer student program for Armenian students living abroad for 10 years. This year the program brought together 8 participants from the United States, Arpi Vartanian , AAA Regional Director for Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh told a press conference in Yerevan today. "The program is aimed at familiarizing young Armenians living abroad with the motherland. Only spending some time at motherland students can really understand what Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh mean for them and how they might later be useful to their homeland ", Arpi Vartanian said. 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 | 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. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province |