Ethiopian Invasion?

I had dinner with some distant Ethiopian-Armenian relatives, including Edina and her folks on Sunday night (Hi Hampo! :-). Her folks had organized a trip for about a dozen people to visit Armenia, including some other Ethiopian Armenians. Most were on their first trip ever to Armenia. Her mom Marie was the big force behind the first (and so far only) Ethiopian Armenian reunion which was held in LA a few years ago. I was here and bummed to miss it. Anyway, after they raved about Armenia a bit, Marie asked me to guess what they'd been thinking - and somehow I just knew that they were thinking of doing another reunion here in Armenia. I was quite happy to hear my guess was right! So although it is still only in the idea stage, and not for 2 years even if it does happen, the prospect really has me feeling pretty good. I thought it was only fair to warn the country to prepare for such a thing...

For those that don't know, there was a solid Armenian community in Ethiopia for a long time, which grew to a respectable (never huge) size after the genocide. When the communists took over in the 70s, the Armenians by and large left wherever they could go. LA and Australia were big destinations, and so was Canada, but England, Germany, France, Italy and other places got their share as well.