EDWARD NALBANDYAN CALLED UNESCO TO BECOME ENGAGED WITH PROTECTION OF ARMENIAN CULTURAL VALUES

Panorama.am
18:00 23/04/2008

Yesterday the Foreign Affairs Minister of Armenia Edward Nalbandyan
had a meeting with the UNESCO director Koishiro Matsura. According to
the press and public relations department of the FAM, UNESCO director
congratulated the minister for his appointment and said that he hopes
their relationship and cooperation will last.

During the meeting the questions on educational, cultural, and
information and communication aspects have been discussed in the
frameworks of national planning document of Armenia and UNESCO
2008-2009 cooperation.

E. Nalbandyan notified the importance of paying great attention
on the Armenian cultural issues situated out of Armenian borders
and asked UNESCO director to concentrate on the extermination of
Armenian khachkars in Azerbaijan. He called them to take measures
to protect Armenian monuments in Djugha. In the end of the meeting
the director of UNESCO asked the minister to wish the president of
Armenia Serzh Sargsyan success in conducting his responsibilities of
the country’s leader.