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Tuesday, 07 October 2003
ARMENIAN, RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS ATTEND FOUNDING CONGRESS OF ARMENIAN DIASPORA ORGANIZATION
By empty (10/7/2003 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Presidents Robert Kocharian and Putin attended the founding congress in Moscow on 6 October of the World Armenian Organization (WAO), a body founded by Union of Armenians of Russia Chairman Ara Abrahamian. In an interview published in \"Gazeta\" on 6 October, Abrahamian listed the new organization\'s goals as strengthening Armenian statehood, achieving international recognition of the 1915 genocide, resolving the Karabakh conflict, and creating an international holding company to promote trade and investment by emigre Armenians in the economies of Armenia and Russia. He predicted that Armenian entrepreneurs would provide start-up capital amounting to more than $100 million.
Presidents Robert Kocharian and Putin attended the founding congress in Moscow on 6 October of the World Armenian Organization (WAO), a body founded by Union of Armenians of Russia Chairman Ara Abrahamian. In an interview published in \"Gazeta\" on 6 October, Abrahamian listed the new organization\'s goals as strengthening Armenian statehood, achieving international recognition of the 1915 genocide, resolving the Karabakh conflict, and creating an international holding company to promote trade and investment by emigre Armenians in the economies of Armenia and Russia. He predicted that Armenian entrepreneurs would provide start-up capital amounting to more than $100 million. (RFE/RL)