From Armenia in brief: First group of young Armenians to arrive for Diaspora Ministry’s Come Home program

by M. T.

Published: Saturday June 27, 2009

Diaspora Minister Hranush Hakobyan. Photolure

Yerevan - At a press conference in Yerevan, Hranush Hakobyan, the diaspora minister, told journalists that a group of young Armenians from the diaspora will be arriving in Armenia on July 15. Almost 100 youth will be taking part in the first-ever Come Home (Ari Tun) program of the ministry. The participants in the program will be staying with host families in Yerevan and neighboring regions.

According to the minister, they received over 500 applications.

Young Armenians will be arriving in Armenia from Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Russia, Ukraine, France, the United States, Belarus, and Georgia.