Mushegh Ghukasyan, the Chief of Staff of the Office of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, met with representatives of the Armenian community at the Armenian Cultural Union of Irkutsk.

Mushegh Ghukasyan, the Chief of Staff of the High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, is currently on a work trip to the Russian city of Irkutsk to take part in the events marking the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Armenian Cultural Union.

This week, our office and the Center for Repatriation and Integration held a series of meetings with the leaders of the Armenian communities both in Baghdad and Basra, Iraq. Additionally, we had a meeting with Rev. Oshakan Kyulkyulyan, the head of the Iraqi Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

The ceremonial opening and consecration of the khachkar dedicated to Pope John Paul II and century-old Armenian-Polish friendship took place in the Khachkar Park (Pavstos Buzand Street, Yerevan). The solemn event was attended by Authorized representative of the government for Diaspora and Poles Abroad, Secretary of State Jan Dziedziczak, High Commissioner for Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Zareh Sinanyan, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan, Honorary Consul of Armenia in Poland Hrachya Boyajyan, spiritual fathers, government officials.

Authorized representative of the government for Diaspora and Poles Abroad, Secretary of State Jan Dziedziczak is on a visit to Armenia. In Yerevan, he will take part in the ceremonial opening and consecration of the khachkar dedicated to Pope John Paul II and century-old Armenian-Polish friendship.