June 20, 2013
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YP Athens Lends Its Support to All Things Armenian in May

  • YP Athens leadership gathers with Armenian Embassy diplomats
    YP Athens leadership gathers with Armenian Embassy diplomats the evening of their meeting. (L to R): Seto Abassian (YP Athens Chair), Anais Ponirou, Vartoui Simonian, Anny Apkarian, Gagik Ghalatchian (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary), Rita Kalomiri, Alice Ponirou, Garo Tsakalian, Minas Martikian (Minister Plenipotentiary).
  • YP Athens Chair Seto Abassian (second from right) with AGBU
    YP Athens Chair Seto Abassian (second from right) with AGBU supporters during a fundraising event on May 29, 2013.

On May 10, 2013, the AGBU Young Professionals of Athens (YP Athens) had a meeting with Armenia’s Ambassador to Greece, Gagik Ghalatchian, and his deputy, Minas Martikian, to discuss various community issues and brainstorm ways that YP Athens can provide support to the embassy. YP Athens leadership informed the diplomats about the global AGBU Young Professionals Network and its activities, as well as the work carried out by the local YP group.

Ghalatchian and Martikian explained the projects and programs Armenia’s Ministry of Diaspora has in place for Diaspora youth. The Armenian Genocide 100th Anniversary, and the need for a joint commemoration by the Armenian community of Greece, was also discussed at the meeting, with the YP members expressing their spirit of cooperation and willingness to help.

Later that month, YP Athens hosted its "Go Green" networking mixer to raise funds for the Pan-YP Greenhouse Project, which will build greenhouses in the village of Barekamavan in the Tavush province of Armenia. Around 70 YPs gathered at the Recipe Bar in Kifissia, Athens. 

For more information on YP Athens, visit www.facebook.com/agbuypathens or write ypathens@gmail.com.

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