On the Meeting of IAPDE President A.M. Khachatryan with Araik Babajanyan, the President of Arno Babajanyan Memorial Foundation

The meeting addressed potential collaboration between the two public organizations in the field of public diplomacy, taking into account cultural and civilizational diversity at the present stage. The interlocutors concluded that this work should target youth cultural diplomacy. It was decided to hold the festival "Serving the

Motherland is the Main Goal" in July 2024 in Kamchatka, which will have both military and patriotic focus.

According to Araik Babajanyan, the Foundation has successfully organized such events over the past eight years in various regions of Russia and Armenia. He noted that in terms of scale and ideological content, the military and patriotic festival is comparable to the "Immortal Regiment" movement, while artistically, it aligns with the military music festival "Spasskaya Tower."

Taking the opportunity, Araik Babajanyan sincerely thanked Arthur Khachatryan for implementing the Foundation's initiative to name the children's music school No. 7 in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky after the People's Artist of the USSR, composer, and pianist Arno Babajanyan, and wished him success in his new position of responsibility.