AMBASSADOR OF LEBANON TO ARMENIA PROPOSED TO PUBLISH VOLUME DEDICATED
TO ARMENIAN-LEBANESE RELATIONS

YEREVAN, APRIL 14, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The
Armenian-Lebanese relations in the sphere of culture were discussed at
the April 13 meeting of Gevorg Gevorgian, the RA Minister of Culture
and Youth Issues with Jebrail Butros Jaara, the Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Lebanon to Armenia. Touching upon
the cultural exchanges implemented within the framework of the
2004-2007 practical program of cultural cooperation, Ambassador Jaara
facted that during these years Armenia has been more attentive towards
Lebanon, than they towards Armenia. The Ambassador assured that this
omission will be filled in future, and proposed to publish a volume
dedicated to the Armenian-Lebanese relations where documentary
materials and documents kept in archives of the two countries as well
as in the Mechitarist Congregation will be included and summed up. As
Noyan Tapan was informed by the Press Service of the RA Ministry of
Culture amd Youth Issues, Jebrail Jaara and Gevorg Gevorgian discussed
possible variants and prospects of developing cultural tourism in
Armenia. The sides touched upon some organization issues and ones of
defining the terms of holding the cultural days of Armenia in Lebanon
in 2006 as well.