On December 4^th, the Diplomatic School hosted Ms. Hranush Hakobyan, the Minister of Diaspora Affairs of the Republic of Armenia. Hranush Hakobyan delivered a lecture on the origins of the diaspora as a term and as a concept, on the evolution stages of the Armenian Diaspora and the challenges different parts and types of Diaspora face today. She spoke of the goals set and activities carried out by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and afterwards answered the students’ questions. The students also watched a film on the activities of the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs.