Seminar On National Minorities Held In Yerevan

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Seminar On National Minorities Held In Yerevan
 
YEREVAN (Noyan Tapan) The political representative of the Executive
Council, Armenian Revolutionary Federation, member of Parliament,
Vahan Hovanessian considers it necessary that amendments concerning
national minorities be made to the Constitution. According to him both
the president and the Parliament want amendments to be made to the
Constitution. Speaking at a seminar on national minorities held
October 2, Hovanessian stated that the ARF parliamentary faction
assumes the responsibility to represent the national minorities'
interests in Parliament before the amendments to the Constitution are
made.
 
Representatives of different national minorities stressed the need for
establishing a government structure to deal with the problems of
national minorities in Armenia. Those present also pointed out
problems of establishing cultural centers, press organs etc.
 
Addressing the problem of the Russian language as a language of
international communication, the representative of the "Harmony"
international center of Russian culture, Bella Yesajanian pointed out
the need for amendments to the Law on the Language which, according to
her, was adopted on the anti-Russian tide. She said that special
attention should be paid to the study of the Russian language in
higher schools, as the greater part of scientific and technical
literature was published in the Russian language. The issue of
state-run Russian-language schools which would be financed by Russia
was also raised at the seminar.
 
The seminar was organized by the ARF with the participation of the
Center of Iranian Studies. Attending the seminar were representatives
of 19 organizations.
 
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