STEPANAKERT–The president of Mountainous Karabagh Republic (MKR) Arkady Ghukasian received Armenian National Committee of America (ANCA) Chairman Kenneth Hachikian on Friday–along with ARF Australia Central Committee representative Berj Mamjian–and his spouse. Mountainous Karabagh ARF central committee representative Grigori Hayrapetian also attended the meeting.
Ghukasian spoke of the value of ANCA’s efforts in advancing Armenian issues in the international arena–but stressed the necessity of more active Diaspora participation in the process of gaining international recognition of MKR–and suggested that Diaspora political organizations coordinate efforts with MKR’s foreign affairs bodies.
Hachikian assured President Ghukasian that the ANCA–in fact–attaches great importance to the final and complete political regulation of the Mountainous Karabagh issue and pledged that the ANCA will continue to actively support the protection of human rights and promote the socio-economic development of MKR.