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04, 2009

President Serzh Sargsyan received delegation of the participants to the Third Regional Conference of the Russian Compatriots living in the South Caucasus

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Today President Serzh Sargsyan received delegation of the participants to the Third Regional Conference of the Russian Compatriots living in the South Caucasus which is being conducted in Yerevan.

Welcoming the participants to the Conference, President Sargsyan said that Armenia was a country with huge Diaspora and thus had a perfect understanding of the role, significance, and the potential of the compatriot organizations. Serzh Sargsyan noted that during his visits abroad he almost always meets with the representatives of Diaspora. “I repeat constantly that to be a good Armenian, they should first be good citizens of their resident country,” stressed the President of Armenia. According to him, only integrated diasporas, which carry their share of social and political responsibility, can be respected and valuable to their historic motherland.

Participants to the meeting mentioned that recently Russian has been paying considerable attention to the problems of the compatriots living abroad, implementing different assistance programs. In particular, they spoke about activities directed at the popularization of the Russian language.

The parties stressed the high level of the Armenian-Russian cooperation in the humanitarian area. They agreed that this kind of organizations serve as a bridge and bring their contribution to the strengthening of the bilateral relations.

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