Today, the Faculty of History and Law welcomed the eminent Armenian advocate Mr. KAro Caramyan from the California State of the USA.
During the meeting with the teaching-professorial team and the students the advocate spoke about the American laws pointing out that they encompass more human rights than that of the state.
“Armenia and America have different cultures and thinking, and therefrom the treatment towards advocates is formed. Lawyers are very much appreciated and respected in the States; they are specialists that have quite a big influence. Here, people consider lawyers as sharks, but without them they cannot do anything”, said the advocate famous in the criminal, taxation and divorce sectors and added that, nevertheless, there are a number of other customs in the United States that should rather not be adopted.
Besides, Mr. Karo Caramyan was sorry to observe that sometimes his Armenian colleagues cannot use even their statutory rights; thus, he turned to the future lawyers urging them to seek for ways to change the public attitude towards the profession when building up their career.
In addition, speaking about providing the Armenian immigrants in the USA with proper conditions Mr. Caramyan mentioned, “America is a huge country the main problem of which is the state profit; the country basically allows the best professionals from other countries to enter its borders; these are people that will be important and useful for States who are attracted with high salaries only”.
Inappropriate posture, not knowing the language, difference in thinking- these are the problems to which every Armenian young person comes across and as a result of which they often have to stand trial.
“Drums sound sweet only from afar”; America is a vast country, but it is also a huge ocean and a marsh; it is rather easy both to drown and to sink. It is true that America and the Armenian settlement in particular have numerous threats but I cannot be ungrateful to that country; I was born, educated and have ensured my future in this very country,” Mr. Kamo Caramyan said.
What is more, during the meeting the guest gave answers to the students questions that also referred to the issues of his permanent stay in Armenia.
“My ancestors escaped from the massacres and reached Beirut; my parents taught me all about my motherland without seeing it; I stayed Armenian without seeing it for a hundred years and for me it is very much offensive to accept people’s opinion that having a flat with the view on the Masis in Yerevan is the only manifestation of patriotism,” the American-Armenian advocate stated and added the following, “I am tied to my motherland with my roots”; indeed, the wheat and apricot orchards planted by Mr. Karo Camaryan in Shoushi serve as a proof.
