YEREVAN, October 19, /ARKA/. Participants of the first Pan-Armenian Conference of Bankers and Financiers underway in Yerevan have established today the Pan-Armenian Association of Bankers and Financiers.

Speaking at the gathering Armenian Diaspora minister Hranush Hakobian said the Association will be an open forum in the status of a non-governmental organization to bring together the relating potential and experts from across the vast Armenian Diaspora. In this connection she suggested that a database of bankers and financiers of Armenian origin be created.

Ararat Ghukasian, chairman of the Union of Armenian Banks, said the Union was ready to assist the initiative group to address all organizational issues. He said the main task of the Association will be to reveal the potential of bankers and financiers of Armenian origin living and working in different countries and direct it at boosting Armenia’s relating potential. He said it will become a platform for reciprocal contacts and exchange of experience.

The Conference, organized by Armenian Diaspora ministry in cooperation with the Central Bank and the Union of Armenian Banks, opened October 18 in Yerevan bringing together dozens of bankers and financiers of Armenian origin from Russia, Ukraine, France, UK, Spain, USA, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates -0-