YEREVAN.- Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met on Friday with the participants of international scout gathering in Byurakan.

The event is dedicated to 100th anniversary of Armenian scout movement. During the meeting with scouts PM pointed at movement’s role in upbringing of Armenian youth. He said the peculiarity of the Armenian scout movement is preservation of Armenian identity.

“The scout movement makes one feel a sense of responsibility to himself, motherland and friends,” Sargsyan said.

The scout gathering organized at the initiative of the Armenian scout movement brought together over 200 scouts from 14 states.