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Vestnik Kavkaza, Russia
April 13 2012
Armenia launches program to support culture of national minorities
Armenia has launched a program to support national minorities and
vulnerable ethnic groups in Yerevan today, News Armenia reports.
The program is to spread cultural heritage and will last for 3 years.
The first year will be devoted to aid national minorities in 10
Armenian regions, coordinator of the Organization for Development of
Civil Society Arpine Akopyan said. The program will be in force in
Chambarak, Lukashin, Metsamor, Ranchpar, Shamiram, Allaverdi, Mets
Ayrum, Agavnavank, Dilijan and Azatan. It will support preservation of
diversity.
National minorities may take part in the process by giving own ideas
for preservation of cultural values. They may visit Ukraine and
Poland.
Shushanik Saratikyan, expert for national minorities and religion of
the Armenian president's office, noted that there is no cultural
inequality in Armenia Administration offers assistance in cultural
development.
2.3% of the population in Armenia is national minorities. Armenia has
11 national minorities with Yezgins as the largest of them, consisting
of 40,500 people, followed by Russians, Kurds and Greeks.
The program was organized by the Fund for Civil Development and
Cooperation, Organization for Development of the Civil Society with
assistance of the GURT resource center of the EU.
From: Baghdasarian
April 13 2012
Armenia launches program to support culture of national minorities
Armenia has launched a program to support national minorities and
vulnerable ethnic groups in Yerevan today, News Armenia reports.
The program is to spread cultural heritage and will last for 3 years.
The first year will be devoted to aid national minorities in 10
Armenian regions, coordinator of the Organization for Development of
Civil Society Arpine Akopyan said. The program will be in force in
Chambarak, Lukashin, Metsamor, Ranchpar, Shamiram, Allaverdi, Mets
Ayrum, Agavnavank, Dilijan and Azatan. It will support preservation of
diversity.
National minorities may take part in the process by giving own ideas
for preservation of cultural values. They may visit Ukraine and
Poland.
Shushanik Saratikyan, expert for national minorities and religion of
the Armenian president's office, noted that there is no cultural
inequality in Armenia Administration offers assistance in cultural
development.
2.3% of the population in Armenia is national minorities. Armenia has
11 national minorities with Yezgins as the largest of them, consisting
of 40,500 people, followed by Russians, Kurds and Greeks.
The program was organized by the Fund for Civil Development and
Cooperation, Organization for Development of the Civil Society with
assistance of the GURT resource center of the EU.
From: Baghdasarian