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On April 25 the RA NA President Hovik Abrahamyan had a meeting with the participants of the Pan-Armenian Youth Forum “The Armenian in My Heart” which also attended the RA Minister of Diaspora.

Welcoming the visit of the Diaspora young boys and girls to the National Assembly the Head of the Parliament noted that the participation in the forum already witnesses of their national way of thinking and psychology, endeavours for the benefit of the nation and high consciousness of national identity. Observing the Forum “The Armenian in My Heart” as a logical continuation of “Ari Tun/Come Home” Pan-Armenian programme, Hovik Abrahamyan greatly highlighted in the preservation of Armenian identity the problem of language preservation. He expressed confidence that such gatherings essentially promote the strengthening of patriotic spirit, the introduction to Armenia, its history and culture, implementation of programmes benefiting for Armenians with joint forces. The NA President deemed being in Armenia on April 24 symbolic and the participants together with the youth of Armenia remembered the memory of 1,5 million innocent Armenians killed in Ottoman Turkey. “This was another evidence of the joint fighting, united steps and unreserved realization of the united goal born from our national pain,” Hovik Abrahamyan noted.

The Head of the Parliament presented the structure and directions of the National Assembly activity to the participants of the meeting, touched upon the international cooperation of the legislative body, Armenia’s inner and external problems, regional issues, including the Armenian-Turkish relations and the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. With respect to the latter, Hovik Abrahamyan reiterated Armenia’s readiness of solving the problem within the framework of the Minsk Group format through peaceful negotiations based on three well-known principles. “However, Azerbaijan with its bellicose posture leads the process into deadlock, and because of its position, progress is not registered,” the NA President said.

He also presented the activity of the Youth Parliament formed in the NA, called on those present to develop active cooperation with the European Parliament, as well as with other parliamentary structures. Hovik Abrahamyan expressed hope that the Diaspora young people’s relation with the Motherland would become closer, and they would not only keep the Armenian in their heart, but they will also use it as a language, as a weapon and ideology for the benefit of the strengthening, multiplication of the Armenian people, for the sake of its future in Armenia, Artsakh and Diaspora.

The NA President also answered the numerous questions concerning the participants of the meeting.

In the name of the attendees the RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan thanked Hovik Abrahamyan for detailed and sincere talk. In the NA Session Hall the participants of the meeting were taken photos with the Head of the Parliament.