ARMENIA AND IRAN SIGN THREE-YEAR PROGRAM OF COOPERATION IN CULTURE

ArmInfo
2010-02-10 14:58:00

ArmInfo. Armenia and Iran signed a cultural cooperation program
for 2010-2012 on Wednesday. Hasmik Poghosyan, Armenian Minister
of Culture and Mahdi Mostafavi, President of Islamic Culture and
Relations Organization signed the document.

As part of the program, the given structures will focus on publishing,
filmmaking, museum and library services, preservation and restoration
of cultural and art monuments. Culture Days, various festivals and
expositions will be organized in the two countries to promote ties
between cultural workers and artists of the two countries. Mahdi
Mostafavi said the bilateral commission to be set up shortly
will coordinate the above events. "Armenian-Iranian relations are
traditionally friendly. We successfully cooperate in various spheres
and the document signed today will make it possible for us to extend
and boost cooperation in the culture sector," he said.