ʻO ka ʻōlelo a ka US Embassy ma Armenia, ka mea i koi aku i nā kamaʻāina ʻAmelika e makaʻala ke kipa ʻana iā Armenia i ka wā e hiki mai ana ka lā Kalikimaka a me ka makahiki hou, ʻaʻohe pili politika, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka Pelekikena o ka Armenian Tourism Federation.
Ua haʻi ʻo Mekhak Apresyan i ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia ma kahi ʻaha kūkā nūhou ma ka Pōʻaono.
I kāna mau huaʻōlelo, he ʻōlelo maʻamau ka ʻōlelo i ʻōlelo ʻia no ke kāhea no ka makaʻala ma waena o ka hoʻonui ʻana o ka kahe huakaʻi ma nā lā Kalikimaka a me ka makahiki hou.
"He hana maʻamau kēia, ʻoiai ʻoiai ua hāʻawi ʻia kahi wehewehe hou aʻe," wahi a Apresyan. "No laila he kumu kūʻai ʻole ia e hōʻike i kekahi kūlana paʻakikī i kēlā manawa e nā luna o Armenia."
Ua hoʻokūpaʻa ʻo ia, ma ka nui, ka lehulehu o Armenia, e like me ka pāpāho a me nā keʻena mālama kānāwai, pono e hana i ka "kiʻi" kipa o ka ʻāina.
"Ua hoʻolaha mau ʻia ʻo Armenia a me ka Armenian me ko lākou hoʻokipa ʻana," wahi a Mekhak Apresyan. "Ma waho aʻe o kēlā, hoʻolaha nui nā hui o ka honua e pili ana i ke kiʻekiʻe [kiʻekiʻe] o ka palekana [ma Armenia]. Ua hōʻike mākou [Armenians] i kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka palekana a me ka lokomaikaʻi ʻoiai i ka wā o ka 'velvet Revolution,' i pau loa i ka pacific. He mea nui ia i uhi ʻia kēlā mau hanana e ka pāpāho o ka honua. Eia kekahi, ua komo pū kekahi huina nui o nā mākaʻikaʻi haole i nā huakaʻi, [a] e hōʻoia ana i kaʻu e ʻōlelo nei.