“I have participated in many tree planting events and Saturday cleaning day events when I was in school and have nice memories, but this was the first time I participated in the Saturday cleaning day event along with Minister of Diaspora of the Republic of Armenia Hranush Hakobyan and the employees of the Ministry of Diaspora,” Iraqi-Armenian student Karin Oskanian said in an interview with Hayern Aysor during the Saturday cleaning day event organized on 15 April at Komitas Pantheon, adding that such events help Armenians make the country flourish and become nicer and greener.

“I always say that patriotism starts from keeping the country clean, and each of us is responsible for this. As a young Diaspora Armenian, I considered it the duty of my soul to participate in the Saturday cleaning day event. Calls for and songs about patriotism are not enough. Patriotism is also shown through such acts,” Karin Oskanian noted.

Let us add that the city-wide Saturday cleaning day event was a response to the call of Yerevan Municipality and was held as part of the “Clean and Green Armenia” movement.