Pashinyan Urges Development Over Charity When Meeting with Community in New York

NEW YORK””Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday called on the Armenian Diaspora to shift its assistance to Armenia from charity to development ventures during a meeting with Armenian-American community representatives at the Yale Club. Pashinyan is in New York to attend and address the United Nations General Assembly

In his remarks at the event, which was attended by representatives all organizations, including members of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Western US Central Committee, Pashinyan outlined the challenges facing Armenia and saying that his government is relying on the Armenian Diaspora to become an integral part of the economic development of the country.

“A landmark shift has occurred in Armenia’s development model. Before the [spring’s Velvet] revolution many used to ask others to do something, but now we realize that each of us has a job to do,”