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    PRESS RELEASE

    Organization of Istanbul Armenians
    Contact: Simon Acilacoglu
    19726 Sherman Way
    Winnetka, CA 91306
    Tel: (818) 624-5048

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

    Thursday, May 19, 2005


    The Enhancement of Armenia-Diaspora Relations as a Way of Addressing
    the Challenges Facing the Armenian Nation

    Winnetka, CA - The community is invited to a public lecture/discussion
    by Armen Ayvazyan, PhD in political science and history, titled "The
    Enhancement of Armenia-Diaspora Relations as a Way of Addressing the
    Challenges Facing the Armenian Nation" on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 8pm,
    at Organization of Istanbul Armenians' Hall, located at 19726 Sherman
    Way in the City of Winnetka, California. The speaker's lecture will
    view qualitative improvement of Armenia-Diaspora relations as a major
    way to addressing the current challenges of the Armenian nation,
    including the perspectives for the settlement of Nagorno-Karabagh
    conflict, the Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations,
    the problem of Javakhk, and the demographic and social-economic
    situation of Armenia. The lecture is open to the public.

    Dr. Armen Ayvazyan is a Senior Researcher in the Matenadaran, the
    Yerevan Institute of Medieval Manuscripts and an Assistant Professor
    of Political Science at the American University of Armenia. He is also
    the Team Leader of the European Commission's sponsored Campaign Against
    ~SCorruption-Freindly~T Legal and Social Settings in Armenia program.
    He holds doctoral degrees in History (1992) and Political Science
    (2004). From 1992 to 1994 he worked as Assistant to the President
    of Armenia, Adviser to the Foreign Minister of Armenia, and Acting
    Head of the Armenian Delegation to the Conference (now Organization)
    on Security and Cooperation in Europe at Vienna. He was a recipient
    of an International Security Studies grant provided by the Carnegie
    Corporation of New York, working in affiliation with the Program
    on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts, Maxwell School of
    Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (1995). During the
    1997-1998 academic year, he was a Visiting Senior Fulbright Scholar,
    affiliated with the Center for Russian and East European Studies,
    Stanford University, USA. He was a Visiting Alexander S. Onassis
    Foundation Fellow at ELIAMEP, Hellenic Foundation for European and
    Foreign Policy (2000-2001). Dr. Ayvazyan was also a Fellow at the
    American University of Armenia~Rs Center for Policy Analysis and a
    Guest Lecturer at the Yerevan State University. Dr. Ayvazyan is the
    author of several books, book chapters, and many articles in Armenian
    and international journals.

    While visiting the United States, Dr. Armen Ayvazyan has been scheduled
    to appear on numerous media programs and series of lectures. For
    further information, regarding the May 27th event, please contact
    the organizing committee: Organization of Istanbul Armenians at (818)
    624-5048 or (818) 342-6378.
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