ARMENIAN, IRANIAN CULTURE MINISTERS MEET IN TEHRAN
Source: Panorama.am
13:53 14/11/2012
Ministers of Culture of Armenia and Iran discussed issues related
to development of bilateral relations in the field of culture at a
meeting in Tehran, Iran's state-run news agency IRNA reported.
Referring to Armenian-Iranian long-running cultural ties, Iranian
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini
said, "After the collapse of the USSR, the establishment of the
Cultural Center of the Iranian embassy in Armenia opened a new page
in cultural cooperation between the two countries. A lot of mutual
visits by cultural figures and students of Armenia and Iran have been
taking place in recent years."
Armenian Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan, for her part, referring
to Armenian and Iranian cultural monuments on the territory of Iran
and Armenia, said, "Over the past years, a number of measures have
been taken to protect and beautify the Blue Mosque of Yerevan.
Besides, Iranian authorities also greatly assisted in the preservation
of Armenian cultural monuments on the territory of Iran."
Source: Panorama.am
13:53 14/11/2012
Ministers of Culture of Armenia and Iran discussed issues related
to development of bilateral relations in the field of culture at a
meeting in Tehran, Iran's state-run news agency IRNA reported.
Referring to Armenian-Iranian long-running cultural ties, Iranian
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini
said, "After the collapse of the USSR, the establishment of the
Cultural Center of the Iranian embassy in Armenia opened a new page
in cultural cooperation between the two countries. A lot of mutual
visits by cultural figures and students of Armenia and Iran have been
taking place in recent years."
Armenian Minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan, for her part, referring
to Armenian and Iranian cultural monuments on the territory of Iran
and Armenia, said, "Over the past years, a number of measures have
been taken to protect and beautify the Blue Mosque of Yerevan.
Besides, Iranian authorities also greatly assisted in the preservation
of Armenian cultural monuments on the territory of Iran."