IT IS SUGGESTED THAT 1600TH ANNIVERSARY OF CREATION OF ARMENIAN
ALPHABET TO BE INCLUDED INTO JUBILEE ARRANGEMENTS OF UNESCO
YEREVAN, December 30 (Noyan Tapan). The program on jubilee
arrangements was discussed at the sitting of the Jubilee Commission on
the 1600th anniversary of the creation of the Armenian
alphabet. According to the RA government’s press service, the proposal
on the inclusion of the 1600th anniversary of the creation of the
Armenian alphabet into the list of the jubilee arrangements of UNESCO
was among over 20 arrangements. A great theatrical performance,
pilgrimages and excursions to Oshakan, to the Mausoleum of Arshakuni
kings, as well as to other sights will be organized in the jubilee
year. The international conference on Armenian Studies dedicated to
the creation of the Armenian alphabet, the scientific-creative
conference, the electronic conference entitled “Information
Technologies and Armenian Letters” will be held during the year. The
jubilee arrangements will complete with a solemn soiree at the
National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet after
Al. Spendiarian. The RA Prime Minister instructed to sum up the
results of the discussion till January 15, 2005 and submit the entire
variant of the program to the commission for approval during the next
sitting, taking into account all the proposals.