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  • Armenian-Mexican Working Group Set Up In The U.S.

    ARMENIAN-MEXICAN WORKING GROUP SET UP IN THE U.S.

    Noyan Tapan
    June 29, 2009

    LOS ANGELES, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. At the June 25
    luncheon-reception in Los Angeles, Armenian Consul in L.A. Grigor
    Hovhannisian and Mexican Consul in L.A. Juan Marcos Gutierrez-Gonzalez
    announced the creation of an Armenian-Mexican Working Group.

    The newly-created working group, whose members were presented
    at the luncheon, will coordinate cooperation programs of the two
    communities in order to establish dialog between the Armenian and
    Mexican communities and solve jointly the problems faced by them.

    The Armenian members of the group are: Maria Mihranian (health care),
    Shahe Mazpanian (business sector) and Patil Aboshian-Gasparian
    (education and culture).

    Azbarez daily reported that the reception was organized by the
    commission, whose honorary chairman is Congressman Adam Schiff. The
    commission is also composed of the two consuls, Los Angeles District
    Director of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Alberto
    Alvarado, and the representative of the Chamber of Commerce of Armenian
    Americans Shahe Mazpanian.

    More than 200 Armenian and Mexican businessmen and public figures
    came to listen to the speech of Mexican Ambassador to the U.S Arturo
    Sarukhan who is of Armenian descent. His biography was presented by
    Alberto Alvarado.

    According to him, the parents of Arturo Sarukhan's father were Armenian
    Genocide survivors who reached Mexico on their way to Canada and
    decided to settle there.

    At the beginning of his speech the Mexican ambassador used the word
    "genocide". However, later when responding to a question of "Hay Kyank"
    weekly's editor Apo Japarian, he said that this definition is his
    personal opinion and does not represent Mexico's official position
    on this issue. He added that the truth can overcome everything,
    liberating even those who want to hide it.

    In his speech the ambassador mainly focused on the current state of
    Mexico-U.S. relations, expressing his opinions and speaking about
    the ways to improve these relations.

    Arturo Sarukhan was appointed the ambassador to the U.S. by Mexican
    President Felipe Calderon in 2007.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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