YEREVAN, JUNE 28, NOYAN TAPAN. "We should have prepared more seriously before organizing the "One Nation, One Culture" second All Armenian Cultural Festival. Paruyr Hayrikian, Chairman of the National Self-Determination Union, expressed such an opinion in his interview to Noyan Tapan correspondent. According to him, this festival has only a cognitive character, but it is time to pass to practical steps. P.Hayrikian said that this year CIS countries solemnly mark the 15th anniversary of their independence but nothing was said about this at the "One Nation, One Culture" festival. "The Armenians spread all over the world have gathered in their homeland and this was an occasion for solemnly celebrating the 15th anniversary of our independence. A nation becomes united first of all with its statehood, but this statehood is not evaluated today," P.Hayrikian said.

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