Aram Manukyan: "70,000 Armenians will celebrate the New Year away from home"

In an interview with Lurer.com parliamentarian of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) Aram Manukyan, totaling 2012, noted that the most negative phenomenon of the year was emigration.

"The most significant, the most negative and the most influential phenomenon in 2012 was emigration. This year, 70,000 people will celebrate the New Year away from home. This is a tragedy," said Aram Manukyan.

The MP said that no doubt that next year will repeat the same thing, and added that the people should have the will to stand up to all this, as playing with his fate, they are deprived of the right to live in their homeland.

"I would like to see emigration over in2013. People should manage their own destiny, and not anyone else. I wish that the Armenians were firmly, aware of their rights and were the head of their own destiny. "