YEREVAN. – Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan participated in the final gala concert of the 7th  Republican Children’s and Youth Contest-Festival of Poetry Recitation.  

The event, which is held under the auspices of Abrahamyan, this time was titled “Language and Homeland, and it was devoted to the 25th anniversary of the Karabakh War.    

In his remarks, the PM noted that since 2008, the number of schoolchildren—from Armenia, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, and Javakheti (a predominantly-Armenian-populated part of Georgia’s southeastern Samtskhe-Javakheti Province)—taking part in this festival has increased from 3,000 to 200,000 today.  

“We will endeavor to further develop this event and also include our compatriots in the diaspora,” the Premier specifically noted.  

He stressed that this festival of poetry recitation contributes to the preservation of the Armenian language, and the strengthening of the unity of the Armenian nation.     

Subsequently, Hovik Abrahamyan awarded several contest winners and the youngest participant of the festival with the PM Certificate of Appreciation and incentive prizes.