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Armenia starts active cooperation with Greece and Cyprus

Armenpress News Agency , Armenia
 Thursday


Armenia starts active cooperation with Greece and Cyprus


YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS. Cooperation between Diaspora
communities of Armenia, Greece and Cyprus is further strengthened,
reports Armenpress.

A trilateral meeting between the delegations led by Armenian diaspora
minister Hranush Hakobyan, Commissioner for Humanitarian and Foreign
Affairs of the President of Cyprus Fotiu Fotis and deputy foreign
minister of Greece Terens – Nikolaos Quick was held in the Armenian
Diaspora ministry on December 14.

The Armenian minister said active cooperation has been established
between the Armenian-Greek and the Armenian-Cypriot Diaspora
communities.

“This cooperation launched by the memorandum of understanding signed
between Armenia and Cyprus. Our trilateral meeting between Greece,
Armenia and Cyprus is taking place for already the second time. Our
cooperation especially between the Diaspora of the countries will
continue. The friendship of Armenian, Greek and Cypriot peoples
started in 5-6th centuries. We all know that a very well-organized and
interesting Armenian community lives both in Greece and Cyprus”, the
minister said and thanked the Greek and Cypriot governments for
enabling the Armenian communities to conduct an active work in these
countries.

“Our main goal as a result of negotiations is to actively work with
the youth, organize youth meetings in different countries”, she said.

There are plans to organize educational and cultural events in three countries.

Hranush Hakobyan expressed her deepest gratitude to the two states for
adopting a law against the denialism of the Armenian Genocide.

Commissioner for Humanitarian and Foreign Affairs of the President of
Cyprus Fotiu Fotis said it is necessary to continue the trilateral
cooperation by such meetings and negotiations. He noted that the three
countries have a historically formed friendship in all spheres,
cultural, political, religious and etc.

“We have developed the cooperation strategy on Diaspora affairs in
Nicosia setting two important goals. Firstly, we need to promote our
Diaspora to cooperate, know each other, actively work in cultural,
educational and other spheres. The Diaspora of the two countries is
successfully cooperating in several countries, like in US, France and
UK. The cooperation in the US is more active, a memorandum has been
signed which is encouraging. The second goal is the cooperation
between the governments of these countries”, he said.

Greek deputy FM Terens – Nikolaos Quick said the most important is
that the governments of the three countries are able to work with the
Diaspora youth. According to him, they have a vision, power and can
greatly help solving the most important issues.

“Yesterday Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian met with his
Greek counterpart. During the meeting the Greek FM proposed that our
countries cooperate at the Diaspora level. We are here and ready to
cooperate with Armenia, and we look forward to 2018 to be full of
programs”, the Greek deputy FM noted.

Armenian Diaspora ministry and the foreign ministry of Greece will
sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation over Diaspora
affairs on December 15.

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