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    PRESS RELEASE
    Hayastan All-Armenian Fund
    Governmental Buiding 3, Yerevan, RA
    Contact: Hasmik Grigoryan
    Tel: +(3741) 56 01 06 ext. 105
    Fax: +(3741) 52 15 05
    E-mail: [email protected]
    Web: http://www.himnadram.org/

    22 June, 2009

    Syrian first lady meets with Armenian dignitaries and Hayastan All-Armenian
    Fund director

    On June 18, Asma Al-Assad, first lady of the Syrian Arab Republic, initiated
    a meeting with Ara Vardanyan, executive director of the Hayastan
    All-Armenian Fund, to familiarize herself with the work of the organization.
    The meeting, which took place in Yerevan, was also attended by Rita
    Sargsyan, first lady of the Republic of Armenia; Natalia Nalbandyan, spouse
    of Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandyan; and the heads of the
    Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's Public Relations and Projects departments.

    During the hour-long gathering, the Syrian first lady was informed of the
    fund's goals and activities, including worldwide fundraising efforts to
    finance vital development projects in Armenia and Artsakh. The attendees
    were also shown a short film on the mission of the Hayastan All-Armenian
    Fund.

    As she commended the fund's achievements, Mrs. Al-Assad mentioned that her
    country with a population of 18 million Syrians, has a sizeable diaspora
    too, and that many of the 15 million Syrians living abroad wish to
    contribute to the prosperity of their homeland. An organization modeled
    after the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund, she said, would play an instrumental
    role in enabling diaspora Syrians to be of help to their country.

    Mrs. Al-Assad also had high praise for Syria's Armenian community. Armenians
    have deep roots in Syria and continue to make valuable and diverse
    contributions to their adopted homeland, as an integral part of Syrian
    society, she said.

    At the conclusion of the meeting, Mrs. Al-Assad expressed her wish to host
    Vardanyan in Syria, in an ongoing effort to support the fund's emerging
    activities in her country.

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    Hayastan All Armenian Fund
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