“I recently spoke about the fact that more people emigrate from the Diaspora than from the Republic of Armenia.” RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this at a meeting with representatives of the Armenian community in Switzerland.

“People say: what else is Diaspora emigration? Diaspora emigration is when a person, being Armenian by origin, doesn't speak Armenian, doesn't read, doesn't live Armenian traditions.

At some point X he retains his surname but does not associate himself with the Armenian nation, this is emigration. There has never been so much emigration in the RA as there is now in the Diaspora,” he said.

According to Pashinyan, it should be stated that about 50 years ago, 90 percent of national organizations in the Diaspora were associated with someone.

“It could be parties, Armenian Apostolic Church, Armenian General Benevolent Union and many other organizations. Today, 90 percent of these diaspora organizations are not affiliated with anyone. We are losing the Diaspora, the only way to save it is the Republic of Armenia, otherwise we will have no Diaspora. It was a shock for me when I was talking to an Armenian from the Diaspora and he was talking about the homeland and I understood that he was referring to Lebanon and Beirut,” noted Nikol Pashinyan.