ArmInfo. Ruben Vardanyan, IDEA Fund cofounder, businessman and patron, is sure that Armenians can become successful and overcome all upcoming difficulties as a nation, he stated during the conversation with journalists in memorial complex of Armenian Genocide victims memory Tsitsernakaberd on April 24.
According to him, Armenians of Diaspora and Armenia should consolidate and to show with joint actions to neighbor countries which have unkindly intensions, that after the Genocide Armenians can not only rebirth but to build strong state and put their contribution in peaceful development. "We will do everything so that the world, remembering events occurred 102 before, will recognize how much Armenian nation gave it. We can become an example of rebirth", he stressed.
Vardanyan refused commenting the questions related to human rights protection in Armenia, motivating it with the fact that he is not an expert in this sphere. As to conducting reforms by the authorities, the struggle with corruption and his relation to them, the patron stated that he is an optimist. "It is a long process. It's easy to criticize, however it is necessary to work and reform, to bring own contribution", he stressed.