IRANIAN EMBASSY DONATES HUNDREDS OF BOOKS TO ARMENIA

ARMENPRESS
March 5, 2008

YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS; A package comprising 700 books was
donated today by the Iranian ambassador to Armenia, Sayed Ali Saghayan,
to the National Library of Armenia.

The books-in Persian, Armenian, Russian and English language are
about Iran, its history and Islamic studies.

National Library director, David Sarkisian, said the embassy has
pledged also to present books on Farsi and Arabic languages on
Iranian culture.

He said the interest towards Iran, its people, literature and its
culture is growing among Armenians ‘and in this sense the donated
books will be very helpful."

According to the ambassador, a study last year made by embassy’s
employees at the National Library of Armenia and Yerevan State
University had revealed the lack of literature on Islam and
Iranology. He said this donation is aimed to fill the gap.

Earlier this year the Iranian embassy in Armenia donated 600 books
to the central library of Yerevan State University (YSU).

The package comprised source books on Persian literature and Iranology
and included 30 books translated into Armenian by the Iranian cultural
attache’s office in Yerevan.