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AGBU representatives meeting with Karabakh officials in AGBU's Central Office in Manhattan. Pictured (left to right) are: AGBU Board Member Michael Ansour; AGBU President Berge Setrakian; Chairman of Armenia Fund USA, Kevork Toroyan, NKR President, Arkady Ghoukassian, and Permanent Representative of NKR in the USA, Vartan Barseghian.
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Karabakh President Meets With AGBU Central Board Members
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11/14/2006 |
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AGBU Press Office |
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212-319-6383 |
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212-319-6507 |
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press@agbu.org |
On November 7, 2006, the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Arkady Ghoukassian, met with AGBU President Berge Setrakian and Board Member Michael Ansour at AGBU Central Office in Manhattan for a discussion of the issues facing Armenians around the world, and Karabakh in particular, today and in the years to come.
The meeting, which included the participation of Kevork Toroyan of Armenia Fund USA and Vartan Barseghian, Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in the USA, covered matters related to AGBU’s extensive programming in Karabakh and points of cooperation between the world’s largest Armenian non-profit organization and the Republic.
Mr. Setrakian highlighted AGBU’s continuing support of Karabakh’s civil society through projects that tackle the educational, cultural and infrastructure difficulties facing the nation.
Since 2001, AGBU has initiated and financially supported a number of projects in Karabakh, including the reconstruction of Alex Manoogian Street in central Stepanakert, the construction of a housing complex for war veterans and widows, the building of Stepanakert Secondary School #7, the establishment and funding of the Karabakh Chamber Orchestra and the Karabakh Repopulation Project, which has rejuvenated two villages in the southeast Hadrut region and is poised to reconstruct two additional settlements.
Mr. Ghoukassian was in the United States to participate in Armenia Fund’s Thanksgiving Telethon, which annually raises millions of dollars for various projects in Armenia and Karabakh. Proceeds from Telethon 2006 will benefit the region of Hadrut in Karabakh.
Established in 1906, AGBU (www.agbu.org) is the world’s largest non-profit Armenian organization. Headquartered in New York City with an annual budget of $34 million, AGBU preserves and promotes the Armenian identity and heritage through educational, cultural and humanitarian programs, annually serving some 400,000 Armenians in 35 countries.
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