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A GRANT AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN ARMENIAN CULTURE MINISTRY AND JAPANESE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY
ARMENPRESS
Dec 22, 2009
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS: A grant agreement has been signed
today between Armenian Culture Ministry and Japanese International
Cooperation Agency with which the Japanese government will provide
Armenian National Gallery equipment amounting to 27 million 900
Japanese YEN (about 310,000 USD).
The contract has been signed by the Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik
Poghosyan and general representative of the Japanese agency Yukihiko
Ejiri.
Y. Ejiri said that the contract intends provision of equipment to the
gallery which will give an opportunity to solve issues connected with
the restoration works of the samples of the gallery. According to
him, since Armenia's independence Japan has been supporting Armenia
in implementation of development programs in different spheres.
Currently two loan programs are being carried out with the support
of the JICA, during the recent 17 years more than 300 people
participated in different training classes of JICA. "We are proud to
assist Armenia's development which promotes the closing of the ties
between the two countries. I would like that this cultural grant too
promote the further boosting of relations between the two peoples,"
the Japanese representative said.
Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan said that the agreement will
give an opportunity to solve two important issues of the gallery -
restoration of canvases and achievement of equipment for restoration
of wood samples.
"We will be able to preserve our cultural values in an appropriate
way," the minister said. According to her, cooperation with JICA is
very effective and the implementation of joint programs must go on.
Director of the Armenian National Gallery Paravon Mirzoyan said that
finally the gallery will have the equipment it waited for a long
time. "Only employees of the museum can understand what step it is
and what it means for the museum," he said.
ARMENPRESS
Dec 22, 2009
YEREVAN, DECEMBER 22, ARMENPRESS: A grant agreement has been signed
today between Armenian Culture Ministry and Japanese International
Cooperation Agency with which the Japanese government will provide
Armenian National Gallery equipment amounting to 27 million 900
Japanese YEN (about 310,000 USD).
The contract has been signed by the Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik
Poghosyan and general representative of the Japanese agency Yukihiko
Ejiri.
Y. Ejiri said that the contract intends provision of equipment to the
gallery which will give an opportunity to solve issues connected with
the restoration works of the samples of the gallery. According to
him, since Armenia's independence Japan has been supporting Armenia
in implementation of development programs in different spheres.
Currently two loan programs are being carried out with the support
of the JICA, during the recent 17 years more than 300 people
participated in different training classes of JICA. "We are proud to
assist Armenia's development which promotes the closing of the ties
between the two countries. I would like that this cultural grant too
promote the further boosting of relations between the two peoples,"
the Japanese representative said.
Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan said that the agreement will
give an opportunity to solve two important issues of the gallery -
restoration of canvases and achievement of equipment for restoration
of wood samples.
"We will be able to preserve our cultural values in an appropriate
way," the minister said. According to her, cooperation with JICA is
very effective and the implementation of joint programs must go on.
Director of the Armenian National Gallery Paravon Mirzoyan said that
finally the gallery will have the equipment it waited for a long
time. "Only employees of the museum can understand what step it is
and what it means for the museum," he said.