The twentieth Student Forum of All-Armenian Educational and Cultural Union launched since July 19, which has brought Armenian university students from 9 countries to Armenia. They will stay in Armenia for 17 days.
As said by the Chair of All-National Armenian Educational and Cultural Union, Lilit Galstyan, in the conversation with Aravot.am, “In these 17 days, the young people will have the opportunity to get in touch with their fatherland. We give them the opportunity to listen to a series of lectures on nationwide topics that refer to our cultural heritage, identity, problems that regardless of geography are common for any Armenian youth. These young people, as established citizens of any country, tomorrow, will take on commitment to the organization of the Armenian communities, and will assume leadership role, an editor, teacher, school principal, and head of a department… In other words, we are educating a generation with national commitment and, why not, thinking that many of these young after receiving a good university education will one day return to Armenia and will bring their participation in the formation of our homeland.”
As said by Ms. Galstyan, the matter that they are marking the twentieth anniversary of their program this year proves that they have reached the goal, and the program is looked for and awaited. All-National Union has conducted analysis, according to which, many who have come to Armenian within the framework of the Forum, then return again, settle in Armenia and make a family.
As said by Lilit Galstyan, they are executing a fatherland-recognizing program, which is aimed at the youth to be filled with the word of the root and educated with national commitments. Among their many meetings, some have become traditional. One of them is visiting the Yerevan State University and meeting with YSU Rector Aram Simonyan. “It is very important and there is sentimentalism in him, because the source of the Yerevan State University and the All-National is Nicole Aghbalyan. In 1919, Aghbalyan, as a minister, founded the University, in 1928, he founded the All-National,” mentioned our interlocutor. He added that visits were planned to one of Artsakh Defense Army Detachments, Artsakh Parliament; attend the lecture on “The Armenian alphabet and invention of letters as an important support for our identity” held in Oshakan, a meeting at Tsakhkadzor “Tiramayr of Armenia” camp in Tsakhkadzor and so on. Tovmas Poghosyan will deliver a lecture at the Folk School on Armenian folk music theme. The young people have already managed to listen to French-Armenian Armenologist, Claude (Armen) Mutafian’s lecture entitled Kingdom of Cilicia, and took part in his and Hrant Margaryan’s discussion entitled “Who is Armenian? Identity.” …The program is on.
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