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Baltic News Service / - BNS
January 26, 2013 Saturday 2:26 PM EET
Estonian businesses to stage public diplomacy mission to Armenia
TALLINN, Jan 26, BNS - A people's diplomacy mission featuring Estonian
performers and public figures and sponsored by the country's
businesses, titled "Everybody Goes to Yerevan," will take place in the
capital of Armenia from June 12-16.
Meelis Kubits, one of the organizers of ther event, told BNS the
mission was a civic initiative aimed at presenting the Armenian
culture with its very long history and showcasing Estonian culture to
the locals. The Estonian performers will include the popular singers
Anne Veski and Tonis Magi, as well as the early and classical music
collective Hortus Musicus.
Kubits said the mission was a logical follow-up to the two similar
missions involving the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odessa, one of
which saw a representation of Tallinn go to Odessa and the other
Oddesites come to the capital of Estonia. Just like the previous
mission also the mission of 2013 is organized in conjunction with the
Worldwide Club of Odessites.
Over a period of five days a couple of tens of events will take place
featuring dozens of performers. The events linked to Estonia will
include the Third Dovlatov Days, named after the Russian writer of
Armenian and Jewish origin Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990) who worked for
some time as correspondent of a Russian language newspaper in Estonia,
as well as meetings of writers from Estonia, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine
and Russia. Also to be held is a symposium dedicated to Hachatur
Abovyan, founder of the new Armenian literary language, as well as a
conference on the international marketing of cities.
Kubits said the organizers were holding negotiations with several more
well-known people. "The aim is not to get icons of pop culture perform
for a large amount of money; it's rather an attempt to bring together
people who like the idea of the mission, which extends over borders
and is free of administrative guidelines. It's a sovereign project
that does not depend on taxpayer's money," he said.
The event was talked about also during Friday's meeting between deputy
speaker of the Estonian parliament Laine Randjarv and Armenia's Deputy
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian, spokespeople for the Riigikogu
said.
"It has become a tradition historically that many outstanding
scientists, doctors and cultural figures of Armenian origin have
studied at the University of Tartu," Randjarv was quoted as saying.
She also voiced recognition of young Estonian Armenians for
maintaining ties with the country of their ancestors and many of them
being fluent in Armenian. About 2,000 ethnic Armenians live in Estonia
now.
A delegation from the Armenian Foreign Ministry led by Zohrab
Mnatskanian, deputy minister responsible for European integration, was
in Estonia for political consultations on Thursday and Friday.
January 26, 2013 Saturday 2:26 PM EET
Estonian businesses to stage public diplomacy mission to Armenia
TALLINN, Jan 26, BNS - A people's diplomacy mission featuring Estonian
performers and public figures and sponsored by the country's
businesses, titled "Everybody Goes to Yerevan," will take place in the
capital of Armenia from June 12-16.
Meelis Kubits, one of the organizers of ther event, told BNS the
mission was a civic initiative aimed at presenting the Armenian
culture with its very long history and showcasing Estonian culture to
the locals. The Estonian performers will include the popular singers
Anne Veski and Tonis Magi, as well as the early and classical music
collective Hortus Musicus.
Kubits said the mission was a logical follow-up to the two similar
missions involving the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odessa, one of
which saw a representation of Tallinn go to Odessa and the other
Oddesites come to the capital of Estonia. Just like the previous
mission also the mission of 2013 is organized in conjunction with the
Worldwide Club of Odessites.
Over a period of five days a couple of tens of events will take place
featuring dozens of performers. The events linked to Estonia will
include the Third Dovlatov Days, named after the Russian writer of
Armenian and Jewish origin Sergei Dovlatov (1941-1990) who worked for
some time as correspondent of a Russian language newspaper in Estonia,
as well as meetings of writers from Estonia, Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine
and Russia. Also to be held is a symposium dedicated to Hachatur
Abovyan, founder of the new Armenian literary language, as well as a
conference on the international marketing of cities.
Kubits said the organizers were holding negotiations with several more
well-known people. "The aim is not to get icons of pop culture perform
for a large amount of money; it's rather an attempt to bring together
people who like the idea of the mission, which extends over borders
and is free of administrative guidelines. It's a sovereign project
that does not depend on taxpayer's money," he said.
The event was talked about also during Friday's meeting between deputy
speaker of the Estonian parliament Laine Randjarv and Armenia's Deputy
Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanian, spokespeople for the Riigikogu
said.
"It has become a tradition historically that many outstanding
scientists, doctors and cultural figures of Armenian origin have
studied at the University of Tartu," Randjarv was quoted as saying.
She also voiced recognition of young Estonian Armenians for
maintaining ties with the country of their ancestors and many of them
being fluent in Armenian. About 2,000 ethnic Armenians live in Estonia
now.
A delegation from the Armenian Foreign Ministry led by Zohrab
Mnatskanian, deputy minister responsible for European integration, was
in Estonia for political consultations on Thursday and Friday.