Armenian, Estonian culture ministers sign cooperation accord
Public Television of Armenia
Yerevan 15 Nov 04
[Presenter] It was very pleasant to get acquainted with the life and
activity of the great master. I wish the Armenian people success and
prosperity, Estonian President Arnold Ruutel wrote in the visitors’
book of the Sergey Paradzhanov museum. He is the ninth CIS president
to visit the museum. The Armenian and Estonian ministers signed the
first cooperation agreement in the museum.
[Correspondent over video of museum] The Estonian delegation, led by
President Arnold Ruutel, visited the Paradzhanov museum and got
acquainted with the sections of the museum which showed exhibits on
Paradzhanov’s life and activity in Tbilisi and a collection of his
collages made during his imprisonment.
Zaven Sarkisyan, the director of the museum, presented two of
Paradzhanov’s films to the Estonian president.
[Estonian president, captioned, in Russian with Armenian voice-over]
We have not seen Paradzhanov’s films. He is little known in
Estonia. There are interesting approaches to reality in his
art. Paradzhanov looks at the world quite differently, not as a usual
man.
[Correspondent over video of signing ceremony] The Estonian president
signed the visitors’ book.
It is symbolic that the Armenian and Estonian culture ministers signed
the first cooperation agreement in the cultural sphere in the
Paradzhanov museum. The ministers noted that the two countries have
great untapped potential in the cultural sphere.
[Estonian Culture Minister Urmas Paet, captioned, in Russian with
Armenian voice-over] We in Estonia did not know what was happening in
Armenian cinema in the last 10-15 years. Every year we hold film
festivals in Tallinn in November and I am waiting to see an Armenian
film in our film festival next year.
[Armenian Culture Minister Ovik Oveyan, captioned] This is the first
agreement in the cultural sphere that we have signed. I hope that we
shall continue our talks in this sphere.
Nune Aleksanyan, Arman Garibyan, “Aylur”.