Paris diaspora conference to address national challenges
PARIS — The Diaspora Mobilization Conference Coordination Committee announced that on April 11–12, 2026, a conference dedicated to the mobilization of the diaspora will take place in Paris, aiming to confront the unprecedented crises that have shaken the Armenian world in recent years.
Since 2018, the renunciation of Armenian national interests by the authorities of the Republic of Armenia — stepping back from the genocide and Artsakh dossiers (the result of which was the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh), the threats directed against Armenian identity, and the attacks carried out against national institutions — has created an unprecedentedly critical situation for the entire Armenian world.
The purpose of the upcoming conference is to collectively discuss the situation and mobilize the Diaspora in order to shape a unified and purposeful stance in defense and strengthening of the Armenian state, the Armenian diaspora and Armenian national interests in general, including the Armenian Cause.
The conference will bring together around 150 representatives from more than 25 countries, including community leaders, heads of organizations, public and political figures, scholars, experts, business leaders and youth.
Key agenda items include:
- The strategic role of the diaspora in addressing national issues and the political agenda.
- The importance of national values and the Armenian Church in preserving Armenian identity in the diaspora and the challenges of the new reality.
- Armenia–diaspora relations: key issues and horizons; the Diaspora as a component of the Armenian world’s soft power.
- Diaspora mobilization and revitalization in pursuit of pan-Armenian goals.
The conference will conclude with a call and declaration addressed to Armenians worldwide, to be followed by political, informational, community and other initiatives. For inquiries, contact: diasporaconference2026@gmail.com
Since 2018, Armenia has become a democratic country, slowly alienating itself from Russia and trying to get stronger economic and political ties with Western powers. The defeat in the Artsakh war and subsequent ethnic cleansing of this region are the cumulative result of many political and economic factors. Among the latest is the robbery of the country by former pro-Russian oligarchs and politicians ruling before the spring of 2018, and political terror in the country. Weakened and impoverished Armenia could not possibly catch up in 2 years and withstand continuously militarized Azerbaijan, the country strongly supported by all means by Turkey and Israel. And Russia betrayed Armenia as an ally.
The national identity of Armenians (including those in the Diaspora) is based on the strength and prosperity of the Armenian Republic. Sadly, Diaspora is missing this very important point. Diaspora would be helpful if it would focus on how to continue economically strengthening Armenia without involving our country in new wars with our neighbours.
Sadly too many were stuck in an evermore jingoistic honeymoon from 1994 and genuinely seemed to believe that if conflict was to resume that it would be like picking up a book one hasn’t read for years or a movie series one had only watched part of. The 2016 losses were small enough to be ignored as a doesn’t get it one’s own way every day especially as the conflict had been stopped by outside pressure before playing out to a more definitive conclusion. The grim truth is that Russian tied Armenia had slipped in the ratings against western military schooling Turkey and Israel aligned Azerbaijan this would in addition to Russia betrayal brutally exposed itself in 2020 at the time a plausible conjecture was promoted by the Russians such as the now defunct Saker blogger and pro Russian Armenians @concerned armenian and @gurgen who used to write in on this site that had Armenia been closer Russia apparently all capable military would have been able to prevent it, this notion which even myself had some belief in. Although Russia prowess myth was already being exposed by it’s refusal / inability to protect Syria from Israeli attacks, was definitely debunked when Russia invaded Ukraine and it’s subsequent inability to prevail and tolerance for nations supplying Ukraine causing much loss for Russia with impunity.
The focus is to remove Nikol at all costs.
Anyone shifting blame to Russia or anything else purposely wants the destruction of Armenia
Nikol has to go