OPENING OF BORDERS IN HUMANITARIAN FIELD MOST IMPORTANT TARGET IN CIS DEVELOPMENT
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 3 2007
YEREVAN, October 3. /ARKA/. The opening of borders in the
humanitarian field, from translations to opening of markets, is
a most important task of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States)
development, Assistant to Russia’s President, Chairman of the Council
of Humanitarian Cooperation of CIS countries Jahan Pollieva said at
the press conference on start of the Forum of CIS and Baltic countries
"Translation as gravitation field of interpenetration of cultures".
According to Pollieva, the humanitarian field is an area where
capital-consuming and intellect-consuming products are created. She
attached importance to the forum in development of national literatures
and appearance of new names in literature, poetry, drama and film
scripts.
Pollieva expressed hope that the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian
Cooperation of CIS countries will allow every country demonstrating
its abilities particularly on the world’s markets.
The three-day forum is held by CIS Executive Committee, Interstate
Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of CIS countries, Armenian Ministry
of Culture and Armenian Society for Cultural Cooperation with foreign
countries. The forum started in Yerevan on October 3. It is to discuss
issues on education, translated literature, publishing policies,
book market and copyright in CIS and Baltic countries. The forum
participants will consider the possibility of a common cultural space
and use of information technologies in setting a cultural-cognitive
framework.