SYDNEY & MELBOURNE: The
Armenian Missionary Association Of Australia (AMAA) and the
Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) have announced Open Forum events in Sydney and Melbourne featuring Mr David Babyan, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Artsakh and former Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh, as well as Mr Viktor Karapetyan, the Armenian Missionary Association’s representative in Artsakh.
Babayan and Karapetyan will be in Australia as a guest of the Armenian Missionary Association of Australia as part of their 2023 Annual Programs featuring a Worship Service, the organisation's Annual Banquet and the Open Forum events.
Babayan graduated from the American University of Armenia, and the Central European University in Budapest with a Master of Arts and has held several governmental and departmental positions in the Republic of Artsakh. He founded and currently leads the Artsakh Conservative Party and was appointed the Foreign Minister of the Republic of Artsakh on 4 January 2021 until February 2023.
Karapetyan graduated in 2008, receiving his Master’s Degree from the Artsakh Government University’s Faculty of Law. From 2008-2017 December, Karapetyan was employed as the director of AMAA’s Christian Education Department and since 2019, was appointed the Director of the Armenian Missionary Association of America’s Artsakh Branch and AMAA Representative in Artsakh.
During their visit to Australia, Babayan and Karapetyan will also travel to the nation’s capital, Canberra, to meet with Australian legislators to discuss the ongoing blockade of the Republic of Artsakh, facilitated by the ANC-AU.
The Sydney forum will take place on Sunday, 19th March 2023, at St Andrew’s Uniting Church starting at 6pm. The forum in Melbourne will be held on Friday, 24th March 2023, at the Armenian Community Centre Melbourne (Hye Getron) at 7:30pm.
Members of Sydney and Melbourne’s Armenian-Australian community will be provided with a unique opportunity to hear from the Artsakh representatives and ask questions about the situation along the Lachin (Berdozr) corridor.
ANC-AU Executive Director Michael Kolokossian said: “Armenian-Australians will have the opportunity to share an audience in Sydney and Melbourne with representatives from the Republic of Artsakh. We are excited to co-host this important event to help our community better understand the catastrophic impact of Azerbaijan’s blockade on the people of Artsakh.”
