Simon Abkarian: The diaspora is an empire that ignores its power

French-Armenian actor Simon Abkarian appealed to Armenians and the Armenian diaspora through the L’Œuvre d’Orient Association.

“We have to stand up to survive, and to survive, we have to fight. This means we need to organize and concentrate on all existing bodies and associations. We should not be naive anymore. We should no longer say ‘shame on the United States’, ‘shame on the EU’. We understood that they are not ashamed. We have reached a point where political ethics have been completely suppressed and sold for money.

After the fall of Artsakh, Aliyev said, ‘We have oil, but they have diaspora.’ The diaspora is an empire that ignores its power,” he said.