YEREVAN. - “Compass band” will be representing Armenia on this year’s Junior Eurovision contest which will be taking place on Dec. 1.

Taking into account that the winner is determined with the voices of the European audience who watch the contest on TV, the support and active participation of the Diaspora Armenians living in Europe is very important.

To assure the popularity of the “Compass band” the Ministry of Diaspora of Armenia is organizing video conferences with Armenian communities living in different European countries.

The media service of the Ministry reports that the latest video conference has been conducted with the representatives of the communities in Belgium, Sweden and Russian city of Saint Petersburg. The young musicians were saluted by the representatives of the cultural charitable union “Nuard,” who noted that they like the song and will do their best to make Belgium enter the list of countries which give Armenia the highest scores. The representatives from Sweden voiced their assurance that the song was going to be this year’s winner and the representatives from Saint Petersburg cheered on the band by singing patriotic songs for them.

Armenian Minister of the Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan thanked the participants of the teleconference for active participation and support and wished the “Compass band” good luck and victory in the competition.