NKR President: Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity among cornerstones of independent Armenian statehood
Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Republic President Bako Sahakyan participated in the 5th Armenia-Diaspora Conference in Yerevan on September 19, the President’s press service reported.
In his welcoming speech, President Sahakyan noted that the conference has become traditional and occupies its specific place in the Motherland-Diaspora cooperation. The President said that the topics included in the agenda of the conference are urgent and needed as well as important from ideological, strategic and tactical viewpoints, underlining that Artsakh is ready to carry out systematic work in political, informational, cultural, scientific-educational and other areas.
The President considered the Armenia-Artsakh-Diaspora trinity among the cornerstones of the independent Armenian statehood and pivotal components of maintaining national identity of the Armenian people and strengthening ties with the Motherland, adding that we should do everything on a nationwide basis to keep it steadfast and strengthen it day by day.
Bako Sahakyan also touched upon a range of issues related to Artsakh's domestic and foreign policies and regional developments.
Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I, Catholic Patriarch Nerses Petros XIX, senior officials from Armenia and Artsakh attended the event.