ArmInfo.I consider it very important not only to support all Armenian compatriots abroad, but also to involve the Diaspora in Armenia. This was stated in an interview with TASS by newly elected Armenian President Armen Sarkisian.
The President reminded that Armenian merchants and merchants had established trade links in distant lands - from India and Iran to America and Australia, confidently "mastered" new countries and continents. "However, the bulk of the foreign Armenian Diaspora formed when the Armenians survived the genocide in the Ottoman Empire at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. Today our compatriots live practically on all continents in 100 countries of the world, they actively participate in the economic, social and cultural life of the countries of residence I think it is very important not only to support the Armenian state in all its compatriots abroad, but also to involve the Diaspora in Armenia, I myself lived abroad for about 30 years and know firsthand about her worries, aspirations and problems, "Sargsyan said.