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AZG DAILY #139, 25-07-2009
| Diaspora | Update: 2009-07-25 01:36:42 (GMT +04:00) |
ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF MALTA TO HOLD ITS FIRST CONGRESS By Marietta Makarian The first Congress of the Armenian community of Malta will be held July 31 at Valleta Hilton hotel. The Congress will discuss the functioning of the Armenian Diaspora in Malta. The community will also elect its governing body during the Congress. The official website of the Armenian community of Malta (www.malta-armenia.eu) is available in three languages - Armenian, Russian and English. According to the web administrator Ilona Sarukhanian, it is anticipated to open an Armenian Sunday school in Valetta, as well as erect a cross stone in commemoration of the victims of the Armenian Genocide. Ilona Sarukhanian noted that at present 300-350 Armenians live in Malta. Letters to "Azg" daily Please tell us the truth Odette Bazil Buckinghamshire UK Everyday, different newspapers present us with different versions of the talks and negotiations held between the Leaders of our country with those of Azerbaijan and Turkey, yet most articles are contradicted by the negotiating parties; every day the Madrid Principles are mentioned and either refuted or agreed by the reporters , yet no one can tell us what – exactly - these principles are ; everyday the setting-up of a joint committee to analyse the documents of the genocide is reported and criticised, yet the authorities deny that agreement ; and a map route for the opening of the borders between Armenia and Turkey is supposed to have been drawn yet no one has seen it and no one can describe it . Where is the truth? Is the Armenian Media reporting rumours and hear-says or is it engaged in serious journalism , to inform accurately the reader about the real facts and not using the opportunity to present the political views of the party who enjoys their support. Politicians , analysts , scholars , dignitaries , even school teachers or actors are interviewed and their opinions reported daily and at great lenghts , yet the views of His Holiness , Catholicos Karekin II , Catholicos of all Armenians , are not made known to the people of Armenia and its children in the Diaspora. His Holiness represents the stability and continuity of Armenia , the spiritual leadership in decisions of politics and defence and the ultimate moral sanctuary and comfort whom we need every day in our lives and more so in cases of war , despair, calamity or crucial destiny-shaping decisions. Decisions which have to be taken now when Armenia is at this cross-roads and which will affect , irrevocably and forever , the lives of every man , woman and child in our Motherland and its Diaspora. We want to know. | 
