Armenian Minister of Diaspora tried to justify himself for results of  Hayastan All-Armenian Fund`s TV Marathon 2018 

ArmInfo. Minister of Diaspora of Armenia Mkhitar Hayrapetyan tried to explain today's results of the Hayastan All-Armenian Fund's TV Marathon 2018 and the fact that, contrary to  expectations, less money was raised this year than last year, despite  the fact that the government had previously a change of power that  the Diaspora did not trust, as a result of the fight against  corruption and a change in the management of the fund, the trust of  our foreign citizens increased, and they are ready to increase their  donations and investments.

"There are objective realities, which consist in the lack of time,  because until the last moment they did not know in the Diaspora  itself whether a telethon would be held at all or not," the Minister  tried to justify himself. At the same time, he acknowledged that the  department he headed also made omissions in working with the  Diaspora, namely, in terms of information and coordination.

According to him, the Ministry and the government face the task of  improving relations with the Diaspora, since it is impossible to rely  only on post-revolutionary euphoria. "We need deep steps to improve  relations with the Diaspora. Armenia itself should define the logic  of working with Diaspora: should it serve only as a source of money,  or should the Motherland somehow coordinate the work of Armenian  structures abroad", the minister said.

Hayrapetyan also did not rule out the possibility of abolishing the  Ministry headed by him and transforming him near the board after the  elections. According to him, the work of the Ministry of Diaspora  still had a nominal character.  To note, Armenians of the whole world  transferred to the annual telethon of Hayastan All-Armenian Fund 11  million 106 thousand 633 dollars. Last year 12 million 505 thousand  456 dollars were raised. The largest amount was collected in 2008 - $  31 million.