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“This year is important for strengthening and enlarging our relations and collaboration with international organizations,” said Hasmik Poghosyan, the minister of culture in a press conference, today. According to her 2007 was very successful and promising year, as the ministry managed to authorize four international contracts and prepared nine to be signed. “We signed contracts with Russia, Bulgaria, China, Iran and Syria during this year, and we suppose to continue our collaboration and sign contracts with Croatia, Ukraine and Belarus,” she said.

She signified the importance of passing Armenian Cultural days in Belarus, Italy, China; and also having Brazilian, Italian, German, Egyptian, Korean cultural days in Armenia. “The opening of Armenian cultural center in Venice is rather bug achievement. We should try to make it not only Armenian-Italian cultural center, but also European-Armenian center,” Said H. Poghosyan.

Note that Armenian artists’ exhibitions were organized in France, Russia, China, Bulgaria, and in other countries in 2007. Totally, 3200 people took part in cultural ceremonies in 2007. “Those events not only aimed to present Armenian culture abroad, but they put basis for other new cooperation,” said the minister.