Kashatagh Conference Announcement

[Aratta-Kingdom]

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KASHATAGH CONFERENCE ISSUES ANNOUNCEMENT

 

On March 28-30, 2008, more than 70 representatives of various

organizations came together for a pan-Armenian conference devoted to

the NKR Kashatagh region. Organized by the Tufenkian Foundation under

the auspices of the NKR government, the conference issued an

announcement following its proceedings. The announcement appears

below.

 

 

KASHATAGH DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

Summary Conclusions

 

 

On March 28-30, 2008, the first pan-Armenian conference devoted to

developing the NKR Kashatagh region was held in Berdzor. Organized by

the Tufenkian Foundation and held under the auspices of the NKR

government, the conference reached the following conclusions during

its final session:

 

Based on the national security interests of the Armenian and Nagorno

Karabagh republics;

 

with the goal of turning all Armenians' attention toward strengthening

and developing the liberated region of Kashatagh;

 

well-aware of Kashatagh's immeasurable strategic significance, as the

bridge that ties Artsakh with the Republic of Armenia;

 

recognizing Kashatagh as a vital and inseparable territory of

Karabagh;

 

acknowledging our duty before the memory and priceless heritage of

those who died for the liberation of Kashatagh;

 

bowing before the determination and individual sacrifices endured by

the people of this region;

 

keeping in sight Kashatagh's special situation, which is in a crucial

condition from economic and development standpoints;

 

acknowledging the laxness of Kashatagh's development in recent times;

 

with determination to economically bolster those accomplishments made

on the battlefield;

 

 

The conference's participating organizations conclude -

 

The 3-day conference in Berdzor is not a theoretical initiative, but

rather the beginning of an ongoing and uninterruptable process, the

starting point for developing a comprehensive development plan for

Kashatagh;

 

The practical decisions reached during the conference's working

sessions provide for the realization of important projects in the near

future; these projects will address the region's infrastructural

needs, especially in the realms of road-building, school-building,

education, spiritual-cultural development, health-care, and others.

 

With support from the NKR government and the Tufenkian Foundation's

Stepanakert office, these coordinated activities will continue

according to plans already laid out, with the goal of generating a

call-to-action among all Armenians toward the strengthening of

Kashatagh.

 

AGAPE, USA

Ararat Heritage Trust, UK

Armenian Educational Foundation, USA

Armenian Health Alliance, Inc. - Carolann S. Najarian, M.D., USA

Armenian Missionary Association of America, USA

Armenian Relief Society

Armenian Revolutionary Federation

Armenian Technology Group, USA

Armenian Tree Project, USA

Artsakh Fund of Lebanon, Lebanon

Canadian Armenian Network, Canada

Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, Abp. Sebouh Sarkissian

Free Fatherland Party, NKR

Friends of Armenia, USA

Gurgen Melikian Foundation, Armenia

Hamazkain Armenian Educational and Cultural Association

Hand in Hand, NGO, Canada

Heritage Party, Armenia

Iranian-Armenian Community, Iran

Izmirlian Foundation, Switzerland

Knights of Vartan, USA

Mother See of Holy Echmiadzin, Artsakh Diocese

National Democratic Union Party, Armenia

National Unity Party, Armenia

Prosperous Armenia Party, Armenia

Provence-Armenie, France

Syrian-Armenian Community, Syria

Tsarukian Foundation, Armenia

Tufenkian Foundation, USA

 

30 March, 2008

Berdzor, NKR