Today I attended a conference on �Diaspora as a factor of Country Competitiveness� organized by the American Chamber of Commerce. I was invited to speak on Socially conscious Tourism with many other interesting topics discussed by others.

I also met a Dutchman today in his 70�s who�s volunteering in Armenia in the textile business. I asked his impressions of Armenia and his words were �you are brave people�. He also shared his emotions when he visited the Genocide Memorial and said he was glad that he was alone as he was free to really pay his respect to our people in front of the eternal flame and the music in the background. He told me there was a recent documentary on national TV in Holland covering the Armenian History and the report said that there were 13 million Armenians with 3 million in Armenia. He�s certainly done his homework, considering this is his first visit to Armenia.

Readers have been asking me about the kid with leukaemia which I had logged about last week, I will write an update in the next week or so.