On the evening of Tuesday, September 6, Armenian reporter and author Tatul Hakobyan delivered a talk on the Four Day April War between Artsakh and Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh peace process, Armenia-Turkey relations and Armenia’s foreign policy in New York.
Among the topics Hakobyan discussed was the role of the diaspora in helping Armenia grow as a democratic nation.
During the discussion Hakobyan and the audience touched upon the Armenia’s domestic and foreign policy issues, relations between Armenia and Russia, Armenia and the United States.
The event held in St. Illuminator’s Cathedral with the participation of H.E. Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan, Prelate (Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America), New York’s Armenian community members, a representative of the Armenia’s mission in UN.
Before New York’s event, Hakobyan met Armenian community of Nashville, Tennessee, September 4.
Hakobyan’s next stop is Boston.
Here is the schedule of his trip:
Thursday, September 8, 2016, 8:00 PM, Boston, St. Stephen’s Church, 38 Elton Avenue, Watertown, MA.
Friday, September 9, 2016, 7:00 PM, Washington, Soorp Khatch Church, 4906 Flint Drive, Bethesda, MD.
Saturday, September 10, 2016, 7.30 PM, Chicago, Illinois, The Armenian General Benevolent Union’s (AGBU) Chicago branch’s hall.
Sunday, September 11, 2016, 1.00 PM, Dearborn, Soorp Sarkis Church, MI (Michigan).
Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 7:30 PM, New Jersey, St. Leon Armenian Church/Charles and Grace Pinajian Youth Center, 12/61 Saddle River Road, Fair Lawn, NJ
Hakobyan is the 2016 winner of “The Time for Freedom of Press” – for consistent and comprehensive coverage of Karabagh conflict.
Hakobyan has formerly worked as a correspondent for the newspapers Ankakhutyun (1991-1995) Yerkir (1998-2000),Azg (2000-2005), Aztag (since 2005), The Armenian Reporter (2008-2009) and as a political observer on regional issues of Radiolur news program of Public Radio of Armenia (2004-2008).
Since 2009 he has been an analyst at the independent Civilitas Foundation. Hakobyan is the coordinator of the ANIArmenian Research Center and the reporter with the CivilNet online TV and Aztag daily.
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