Yerevan—On Oct. 28, Armenia’s Minister of Diaspora Hranush
Hakobyan and Director of the Armenian Communities Department of the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation Razmig Panossian signed an Agreement on Cooperation
between the Ministry of Diaspora and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation during
a ceremony held at the ministry in Yerevan.
Minister Hakobyan greeted the guest of honor and
particularly mentioned: “It has already been one-and-a-half years since Mr.
Panossian assumed the honorable office of Director of the Armenian Communities
Department of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. He is one of the exceptional
officials who, in that period, visited different parts of the Armenian Diaspora
and conducted a needs assessment. He examined the effectiveness of programs
carried out within Armenian communities and submitted his proposals to the
Foundation’s administration.
“As minister, I am grateful to the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation, which carries out well-organized activities in the Armenian
Diaspora. The Foundation also carries out effective programs with other
structures and organizations in Armenia, including the Institute of Ancient
Manuscripts after Mesrop Mashtots [Matenadaran], the National Academy of
Sciences and Yerevan State University. The main goal of the Foundation is to
enhance Armenian Studies, and the main emphasis is on the preservation and
development of the Western Armenian language.”
Razmig Panossian expressed gratitude for the reception,
attached importance to the efforts for preservation and development of the
Western Armenian language and particularly mentioned the following: “We have to
make the Western Armenian language a practical language for young Armenians,
especially Armenian youth in the Diaspora. I am pleased with the fact that the
Ministry of Diaspora is concerned about the issue since it is the most important
issue facing the Armenian Diaspora. If we can’t preserve the Western Armenian
language, nobody will be able to do it.”
Attaching importance to the preservation and development of
Armenian culture and language in the Armenian Diaspora and the need for
strengthening relations in science, education, publishing and culture within
the frames of the Armenia-Diaspora partnership, the Ministry of Diaspora and
the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation signed an Agreement on Cooperation through
which they will collaborate to publish and disseminate materials for the
teaching of the Western Armenian language, to support the creation of a Western
Armenian language teaching center, to provide scholarships to Diaspora Armenian
students pursuing courses in Armenian studies at Armenian universities, and
more.
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