ARF Armenian Cause European Committees  discussed challenges facing  Armenia and Artsakh  people

ArmInfo.  At the initiative of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Armenian Cause  European Office, the biennial conference of European Armenian Cause  Committees was held in Almelo on November 29-30.

According to the ARF press service, more than two dozen participants,  representing the most active and politically engaged European  Armenian Cause Committees, reassessed their activities over the past  period and reaffirmed the collective responsibility to provide  adequate international support to the Republic of Armenia in  overcoming current challenges. The conference agenda included the  ongoing efforts to free Armenian hostages held in Baku, the  protection of ethnically cleansed Armenians of Artsakh, the  inalienable right of Artsakh Armenians to collectively return to  their homeland, and the protection of Artsakh's Armenian cultural  heritage. The need to expand youth participation in the life of  communities where Hay Dat is active was emphasized. The regression of  democratic processes in Armenia, which significantly weakens the  effectiveness of the  current work of the ARF Armenian Cause European  Office in terms of  ensuring international support for Armenia, was  discussed and condemned.

On this occasion, Hakob Ter-Khachaturyan, Chairman of the ARF  Armenian Cause International Committee, noted: "Europe has a very  important and unique place in the Armenian Cause network. It is very  important to further strengthen the already active work of the  central office in Brussels and the regional committees in different  countries at any cost and ensure that they receive the support and  care of our pan-Armenian network. We all bear the responsibility for  implementing the decisions adopted at this conference in implementing  initiatives aimed at strengthening the statehood of Armenia,  protecting the rights of Artsakh, recognizing the Armenian Genocide  and promoting the demands arising from it, protecting the rights of  Armenians living in the Diaspora, as well as promoting the unity and  political involvement of Armenian youth."

Special attention was paid to improving work with foreign-language  media, and options were discussed to fill the information gap that  exists between the realities and challenges facing the Armenian  people, the Armenian Church, and the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, and  European structures.

At the end of the conference, the President of the ARF Armenian Cause  Europe Office, Gaspar Karapetyan, thanked the participants for their  tireless work and noted: "The Armenian nation is going through one of  the most dangerous periods in its history, when fundamental  institutions are under constant threat. However, this gathering of  ours and the sense of collective responsibility it represents once  again underlines and reaffirms our unwavering commitment to  confronting and overcoming challenges. Through the actions of the ARF  Armenian Cause Europe Office and individual country committees,  important steps have been taken to promote the right of return of the  Artsakh Armenians and to release the Armenian captives held hostage  in Baku."