FRANCE SENDS 40,000 BOOKS FOR ARMENIAN UNIVERSITIES AND SCHOOLS

ARMENPRESS
Oct 04 2007

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 4, ARMENPRESS: The Armenian embassy in France hosted
on October 2 an event dedicated to a program designed for providing
Armenian universities and schools with manuals and other literature
related to teaching of the French language.

The foreign ministry in Yerevan said the chairman of the Adiflor
association (a book bank), Senator Louis Duvernan, presented to
Armenian ambassador to France, Edward Nalbandian, the samples of
about 40,000 books to be sent to Armenia.

This program is carried out by Adiflor in cooperation with French
foreign and culture ministries and many other organizations. The
books were to be shipped today and are expected to reach Armenia
in mid-November.b Ambassador Nalbandian thanked all organizations
and people involved in this program. He said French is taught as a
foreign language in tens of universities and over one hundred schools
in Armenia.

He also said Armenia is a member of Francophone organization and
has the French University in Armenia, reputed as one of the best
beyond France.