"DIALOG OF CULTURES" 3rd ANNUAL YOUTH FESTIVAL BEING HELD IN
TSAKHKADZOR

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TSAKHKADZOR, AUGUST 22, NOYAN TAPAN. "Dialog of Cultures" 3rd annual
youth festival opened in Tsakhkadzor and will last until August 27.
Cultures, rituals and cuisine of various nations will be presented at
the festival.

The RA deputy minister of sport and youth issues Arthur Poghosian
stated that the purpose of the festival is to display cultures of
various peoples and promote the cooperation of young people in this
process. Among participants are young people from France, Egypt,
Romania, Poland, China, Lithuania, Greece, India, Syria, Ukraine,
Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Artsakh and Armenia, as well as
representatives of Armenia’s Assyrian and Yezid communities. In the
words of A. Poghosian, representatives of about 10 countries, including
Turkey, Nepal, Kyrghyzstan, Nigeria refused to take part in the
festival due to the events in South Ossetia.

In the opinion of executive director of "All-Armenian Youth
International Center" Foundation Armen Sinanian, "it is evident from
the fact that so many countries expressed a desire to participate in
the festival that "Dilaog of Cultures" festival has the right to live."

The festival was organized on the initiative of the RA ministry of
sport and youth issues, the Center for Organization of Youth Events,
the International Center of Intercultural Studies, Training and Dialog
and the "All-Armenian Youth International Center" Foundation. 18
million drams (about 60 thousand USD) was allocated from the RA state
budget for holding the event.