- The Armenian Jewelers Foundation was founded a year ago and has three objectives. First, it is the registration of the history of the Armenian jewelers. For centuries we have had many prominent jewelers in our nation, though we have little information about those parts of our history. In times of the Byzantine or Ottoman Empires it was said that this or that emperor or sultan presented a marvelous jewel to somebody, though it was never mentioned who had made the jewel. This history should be written down and be presented to the world. The second part of our activities is devoted to the fact that today the best jewelers of the world are Armenians. You will see it, when you get acquainted with the biographies of the people, working inside the famous brands. We must introduce our stars to the world. And out third aim is to prepare the next generation.

- At present we work on the organization of an exhibition of the Armenian jewelers in Sankt Petersburg. A collection of treasures, made by Armenian jewelers, has been discovered at the Sankt Petersburg Demographic Museum, made in 1916 though then it was forgotten. Ahead of the 100^th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide we must show that collection to the world. The collection was created by the Russians with the funds of a person, named Miller. By the instructions of the Russian Tsar, they came to collect samples to present the works of the Armenians at the museum, as they were afraid that it could be destructed. Thus, we must show these samples in token of our existence. (THE FULL VERSION OF THE INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE IN ARMENIAN)