YEREVAN, JULY 13, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. On July 8, RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobian received members of the ARFD Greek Central Committee, Orofasma company representative Kevork Kolanian, JH Biotech company marketing manager Vahan K. Bezdikian, writer and translator Sargis Aghabatian. Representatives of the Greek Armenian community informed the Minister that Armenians migrating from Armenia joined the community in the past years. It was mentioned that three Armenian schools work in the Athens region, while there are none in the northern regions of Greece, and children from thousands of Armenian families are deprived of the possibility of learning the Armenian language. The way of solving the problem is opening of one-day Armenian schools. Four one-day schools already work in the northern regions of Greece, where teaching is also done in Eastern Armenian. It is planned to open one more school by September 1. The list of textbooks Armenian schools of Greece need was introduced to Minister H. Hakobian. They attached importance to RA government's solving the issue of transporting textbooks from Armenia to the Diaspora in as efficient ways as possible. According to the RA Ministry of Diaspora Press and Public Relations Department, the Minister proposed introducing the list of the cities and schools of Greece, where it is expedient to open one-day Armenian schools or Armenian Language and History of Armenian People will be taught at those schools. Besides, it was proposed making active the preparatory work in Greece for All-Armenian Forums of Lawyers, Bankers, and Financiers to be held in 2009 in Yerevan and to ensure maximum participation of Greek Armenian specialists of the mentioned spheres in those events. Minister H. Hakobian also called for starting cooperation between the Greek Armenian community and the Hayern Aysor electronic newspaper of the RA Ministry of Diaspora, which will give a possibility to present community's organizations and prominent figures in the newspaper. She expressed willingness for the community to take part in the Ministry's program Come Home in 2010. The Minister called the Greek Armenian community for being represented to the maximum extent at the One Nation, One Culture regular festival to be held in 2010 and said that the Ministry undertakes steps for that event, unlike the past years, to be held during the whole year. Representatives of the Greek Armenian community assured that they will do their best to support implementation of the programs H. Hakobian mentioned. Touching upon community's cultural initiatives, the guests said that T. Altunian state ensemble of song and dance will perform concerts in November in Greece and A. Spendiarian's Anush opera is planned to be staged at Athens Opera Theater in 2010 May with participation of Armenian musicians. Minister H. Hakobian added that legislative solutions of giving certain powers to the authoritative Diasporan organizations should be found. These powers regard granting proper guarantee certificate to Diasporan Armenians who want to be granted citizenship of Armenia, but have no document certifying their being Armenian, to those who wish to adopt a child in Armenia, and other issues. In H. Hakobian's opinion, giving such powers to Diasporan organizations will contribute to strengthening of Diasporan Armenian-Diasporan organization-Armenia contacts.

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