YEREVAN, JUNE 29, NOYAN TAPAN. "The "One Nation, One Culture" second All Armenian Cultural Festival has no aim to turn into a professional review. Our goal was to bring to Armenia the Armenian cultural groups functioning in different colonies of the Diaspora, for them to get to know their national culture, as well as their homeland better." RA President's Assistant Vigen Sargsian declared this at the concluding conference of the "One Nation, One Culture" festival held on June 29 at the National Academy of Sciences of RA. According to him, Armenia should undertake all possible measures for preservation of the Armenian nation in the Diaspora, for strengthening the Armenia-Diaspora contacts. According to V.Sargsian, they are already discussing the issue that not only amateurish groups, but also solo performers, professional groups known all over the world can take part in the "One Nation, One Culture" third All Armenian Cultural Festival. V.Sargsian also said that "Armenia-Spyurk" forum will be held in September in Armenia and the fourth Pan Armenian Games will be held in 2007. According to him, the retraining courses of Diasporan teachers organized in Armenia every year have a special importance, as the Armenian language cannot preserve in Spyurk without these teachers. RA Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs Hasmik Poghosian, Executive Director of the "One Nation, One Culture" Foundation Tamar Poghosian, as well as Diasporan intellectuals took part in the conference. According to the participants of the festival, though the festival had some shortcomings, they are impressed and inspired. "We had many difficulties but I hope these shortcomings will be taken into consideration and will be organized at a higher level at the next festivals," representative of the Austrian Armenian community Levon Demirian said.

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