Failure of Armenian Diasporan Structures in West

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Some of the issues we discussed in our forum are becoming reality. I guess some people are reading what we write.

 

Armenian diaspora in Lebanon backs plans of creating WAO.

By Anatoly Golovastov

 

ITAR-TASS News Agency

January 23, 2003, Thursday 04:27 PM Eastern Time

 

BEIRUT, January 23 -- Armenia's diaspora in Lebanon has supported

plans to create a world Armenian organisation (WAO).

 

Armenia's diaspora in Beirut showed great interest in a visit to

Lebanon by a delegation of the Union of Russia's Armenians led by

its president Ara Abramyan. The agenda of the visit was very intense.

Every day the delegation has meetings with representatives of different

political parties and organisations, businessmen, spiritual leaders

of Armenian churches and journalists of Armenian language mass media.

 

"I have not a minute of free time in Lebanon because I want to fulfil

all tasks of my agenda, hold all meetings, visit all organisations

and brief all Armenia's diaspora circles on a plan of creating a

world Armenian organisation," Abramyan told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.

 

"Lebanon was interested in concrete plans of creating a world

Armenian organisation put forth by the Union of Russia's Armenians,"

Vice-President Apet Tapaltsyan said. "Armenian businessmen who came

to meet with Ara Abramyan said this idea should have been implemented

long ago," he pointed out.

 

Abramyan's plans differ from traditional conditions of creating a new

organisation. Being a businessman Abramyan urges Armenians to unite by

maintaining close business relations. The Armenian diaspora in Lebanon

was surprised that he does not ask money for a future organisation

to unite all Armenians irrespective their political visions and

aspirations. "Let's stick to a new formula. We will do business and

its profit will be sent to the needs of the future organisation,"

Abramyan stressed.

 

Abramyan expressed confidence that he will succeed in creating the

world Armenian organisation which will be stronger the Union of

Russia's Armenians. His interlocutors supported these plans.

[TigrannesIII]

About ownership----- how can we feel an ownership when many people in the Republic view us spiurgahyes as odar?

[MJ]

I don't believe for a moment in what you say.

 

P.S. I don't mean anything you say, but above.

 

[ January 24, 2003, 08:11 AM: Message edited by: MJ ]

[Stormig]

Me neither. Besides, who is anyone to "distribute" the ownership? AND, even if - why the grudge-like feeling? You don't ask for it, you take it. Feeling angry at people will get you nowhere near Hovanissian, will it?

[TigrannesIII]

I've talked to some hayasdantsis (in some cases even beirutsis) who think that other spiurgahyes are not armenian just because we're born in the odar land. I mean, if they want to say someone like THOTH, who has given up almost all aspects of the identity, is not Armenian, fine. I should have re-phrased, not many, rather some.

 

On a personal note, I feel a dual homeland of the present-day republic and Kharpert. After all, 100 years ago Yerevan was just as Armenian as Kharpert, no? It's one country, not a bunch of small ones- Artsakh, Kharpert, Sepastia, Vaspuragan, Yerevan, etc.... just one, Hayasdan, land of the Hyes.

[Boghos]

No.

[TigrannesIII]

ok, technically maybe no, but you get the point i'm trying to convey, yes?

[Lev7]

What is this conversation about who owns Armenia or who are "real" Armenians and who are not? All Armenians, Eastern and Western are one. Armenia is owned by no one, it belongs to the Armenians all around the world. Instead of naming names and separating Armenians into groups we should unite. I think every Armenian has an obligation to help the Republic of Armenia in some way, it is the only small portion of land we have left and we have to preserve it in every way we can !

 

[ January 30, 2003, 12:39 PM: Message edited by: Lev7 ]