ARMENIA READY FOR HUMANITARIAN COOPERATION WITHIN CIS
ARKA News Agency, Armenia
Oct 3 2007
YEREVAN, October 3. /ARKA/. Armenia is ready for any initiatives to
develop humanitarian cooperation with the members of the Commonwealth
of Independent States (CIS), RA Premier Serge Sargsyan stated at his
meting with a delegation of the CIS Humanitarian Cooperation Council
and Board members, Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation,
headed by Assistant to RF President Jahan Pollyeva.
The Public Relations Department, RA Government, Premier Sargsyan
welcomed the initiative of holding a conference on humanitarian
cooperation in Yerevan. He pointed out that the Armenian people has
always had a special attitude to literature, arts and culture.
"This is the reason for Armenia’s readiness to take part in all the
initiatives of humanitarian cooperation," the Premier said. He pointed
out the symbolism of the conference being held simultaneously with
Translator Day marked in Armenia in October.
Sargsyan also said that the development of humanitarian ties between
the peoples having common cultural and spiritual values requires
great will. According to him, everything possible must be done for any
event of this nature to evoke a response in the life of the nations.
Pollyeva expressed her gratitude for a warm reception and organization
of the conference and a working meeting of the Council and of the
Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation. She stressed that a number of
documents have been approved since the Council and the Fund have
been established. The documents concern a preliminary schedule of
priority international events of humanitarian cooperation between the
CIS members in 2007-2008, the Fund’s program of action, under which
the conference "Translation as field of gravitation toward cultural
interpenetration".
Pollyeva pointed out that the CIS members have common humanitarian
interests, favorable conditions for cooperation, and they only have
to combine their efforts in this direction. She said that the goal of
the 2nd conference of CIS scientists and workers of art and culture
in Astana is to accomplish this task. She added that she expects
Armenia’s active participation in the important event.
The meting participants pointed out the role of science, education
and culture in strengthening spiritual ties and friendship between
nations, which can serve as a good basis for the development of
economic cooperation.
The delegation, which includes Ambassador-and-Large, Kazakh
Foreign Office, Dusen Kasanov, Board Chairman, Interstate Fund for
Humanitarian Cooperation, Head of the RF Federal Agency for Culture
and Cinematography, Mikhail Shvydkoi, is in Armenia to take part in
the conference "Translation as field of gravitation toward cultural
interpenetration".
Participating in the meeting were the member of the CIS Humanitarian
Cooperation Council, Assistant to the RA President Vigen Sargsyan,
the Board member, international Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation,
RA minister of Culture Hasmik Poghosyan.