On September 30, RA Minister of Diaspora Hranush Hakobyan received Chairwoman of Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society New York Chapter, Armenian American poet Armine Minasian.

Expressing gratitude for the cordial reception, Armine Minasian stated that Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society New York Chapter will be celebrating its 50^th anniversary next year.

The Minister highly appreciated Armine Minasian’s efforts to transfer the archival collection of her father, Iranian-Armenian prose writer, poet Levon Minasian to Armenia (Minasian had asked her to transfer his archives to Armenia) and donate them to the Yeghishe Charents Museum of Literature and Art.

The sides touched upon the organizing of the event dedicated to the 50^th anniversary of the New York Chapter, the problems concerning the Armenian community of New York, as well as the upcoming joint programs and events.

The archival collection will be donated to Yeghishe Charents Museum of Literature and Art during a solemn ceremony to be held on October 12 at 16:00.

In 2012, Levon Minasian was awarded with the William Saroyan Medal of the RA Ministry of Diaspora.