MINISTER NALBANDIAN MEETS WITH UNESCO SECRETARY GENERAL

armradio.am
23.04.2008 12:38

During his visit to France RA Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian met
with the Director General of UNESCO Koïchiro Matsuura. Mr. Matsuura
congratulated Edward Nalbandian on assuming office and expressed
hope that the close contacts and cooperation established in the past
will continue.

Issues connected with concrete actions in the fields of education,
culture and information and telecommunication within the framework of
the document on national programming of cooperation between Armenia
and UNESCO in 2008-2009 were discussed during the meeting.

Once again Edward Nalbandian drew the attention of the UNESCO
Secretary General to the necessity of the organization’s mediation
and support in protecting the Armenian historical and cultural
monuments outside Armenia’s borders, expressing deep concern over
the intentional destruction of Armenian khachkars in Nakhijevan,
and urging to undertake measures to denounce the cultural genocide
against the Armenian monuments in Jugha.

At the end of the meeting the Secretary General of UNESCO asked Edward
Nalbandian to convey his congratulations and wishes of success to
RA president.

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