Saturday, November 4 2017 11:24

ArmInfo. Armenian President  Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a working visit to New Delhi, met with  representatives of the Armenian community of India.

According to the press service of Armenian leader, during his address  to the community representatives, Sargsyan touched upon the  Armenian-Indian historical and cultural contacts, the great role of  the Armenian community of India in strengthening the centuries-old  friendship of the two peoples, Armenia-Diaspora relations, the  challenges facing the country and Armenians all over the world and  possible ways of overcoming them, and as well as significant events  that occurred in the life of Armenia in the recent period, including  the transition to a parliamentary form of government.

The President of Armenia answered the questions of interest to the  community representatives, listened to their success stories,  problems, and expectations from the homeland in the matter of their  solution, as well as their activities in the community life. At the  request of the representatives of the community, Sargsyan presented  the issues discussed and the agreements reached at the meetings with  the high leadership of India, aimed at further strengthening the  historically formed ties between the two friendly countries and  peoples.

The President noted that it is nice to see that together with the  representatives of the Armenian community there is also the chairman  of the Union of Alumni of Yerevan Medical University, Dr. Daldzhit  Singh Chauhan. Sargsyan expressed his conviction that the large  community of Indian graduates of Armenian universities is also a  bridge of friendship between the two countries, which should be  further strengthened and expanded.  The President of Armenia was  pleased to note that Honorary Consul Shivkumar Ishvaran also unites  efforts with the Armenian Embassy in India and expressed the hope  that their common initiatives will be fruitful.  "We have to be  united on the way of overcoming all the challenges and solving our  problems, our great thinkers always spoke of unity, and it's not a  secret that our people believe that we are one when our homeland and  our land are in danger." Today our task, to spread this unity also in  relatively peaceful conditions, because the challenges facing us are  very acute, and confrontation requires even greater efforts.We have a  great source of strength, we have circumstances that turn the idea of  unity into a necessary, obligatory. . Dependence of Armenia, the free  Artsakh and our powerful Diaspora We always repeat: Armenian Diaspora  is strong, eternal Diaspora Armenia ", - said Sargsyan.

The Armenian President also gave an interview to the state-run Indian  television company Doordarshan, which touched upon the agenda of  Armenian-Indian interstate relations and prospects for development,  the potential for cooperation in the trade and economic sphere,  historical and cultural contacts between the Armenian and Indian  peoples and a number of other issues.