PRESERVATION OF CULTURAL VALUES AND DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN ART ARE TOP PRIORITIES IN CULTURAL SPHERE
Noyan Tapan
Ma y 14, 2008
YEREVAN, MAY 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The 2007 state budgetary allocations of
16.7 billion drams for the sphere of culture were almost completely
spent, the RA chief treasurer Atom Janjughazian stated in the National
Assembly on May 14.
According to the minister of culture Hasmik Poghosian, the preservation
of the cultural heritage and the development of modern art were
priorities of the cultural sphere in the reported year as well. A
number of programs on cultural education were implemented.
With the aim of preserving the cultural heritage, restoration of
15 monuments and design of 15 monuments’restoration was done in
2007. Sums were allocated from the reserve fund of the government
for improvement of monument to the Serb pilots in connection with the
20th anniversary of the Spitak earthquake and for restoration of the
Bash-Aparan Memorial Complex.
584 mln drams was allocated from the 2007 state budget for 13 state
libraries under the jurisdiction of the ministry of culture, with
this sum being completely spent. According to the minister, a 3-year
program on major repairs of libraries was launched last year.