Iran State Programs Involve Repairing Two Armenian Monasteries There

STATE PROGRAMS OF IRAN INVOLVE WORKS OF REPAIRING OF TWO ARMENIAN
MONASTERIES IN THAT COUNTRY

YEREVAN, MAY 12, NOYAN TAPAN. At the May 10 meeting with RA Minister
of Culture and Youth Issues Gevorg Gevorgian, Alireza Haghighean, the
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the RA, expressed his
deep condolence on the occasion of the accident of the aircraft
implementing the Yerevan-Sochi flight. The Minister thanked for the
brotherly sympathy and mentioned that the two people support one
another and are united both at moments of sadness and happiness and
victories. An agreement was reached between the sides during the
meeting concerning 2006-2009 cooperation in the sphere of the cultural
heritage among the RA Ministry of Culture and Youth Isses and the IRI
Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization. Deputy Minister Gagik
Gyurjian, thanking for the Iranian side’s initiative for works of
reconstruction of the Armenian Surb Anna church in the Farsi state of
IRI, presented the Armenian initiative of the researching drafting
works for reconstruction works of the Persian mosque in Agarak.
G.Gyurjian also mentioned that drafts on reconstruction of the roof of
the Surb Tade monastery and the church tower of the Surb Stepanos
monastery complex have already been finished by Armenian
architectures, and the main restoration works are involved in the
state program of Iran.