GULBENKIAN FOUNDATION PREPARED TO EXTEND COOPERATION WITH ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
April 9, 2008

YEREVAN, APRIL 9, NOYAN TAPAN. Receiving the chairman of the board
of directors of the Gulbenkian Foundation Emilio Rui Vilar and
the Portuguese ambassador to Armenia Marcelo Curto on April 9,
the Armenian president Serge Sargsian attached importance to the
Foundation’s assistance to Armenia. He especially appreciated the
agreements reached recently with the Matenadaran.

According to Emilio Rui Vilar, during the 50 years of its existence,
the Gulbenkian Foundation has always cooperated closely both with
Armenia and the Diaspora and is ready to extend this cooperation. He
said that the Foundation is currently involved in the European movement
of foundations and that he has proposed his candidature for the post
of chairman of the council of the European movement of foundations.

According to a press release of the RA president’s press
service, Armenian-Portuguese relations were also discussed at the
meeting. S. Sargsian underlined the Armenian side’s interest in
promoting bilateral and multilateral cooperation. The interlocutors
were unanimous in the opinion that being well informed about each
other may become a good stimulus for economic cooperation.