BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/10/2007

Before now, we were inviting other cultures, now we are being invited

"This year, the series of Armenia's culture days has just begun," Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan announced at a press conference today. In her words, before now, we were inviting cultures from other countries, but not, others will be inviting us. "Several cultural events in different countries will be organized, where we will present our culture and art, as we will be ambassadors of our culture," Poghosyan said.

Soon, the culture minister of Belarus will arrive in Armenia. "We are working with Belarus on a plan for 2008-2010. In January, the culture minister from Belarus will be in Armenia to put his signature on the program," Poghosyan said. For now, cooperation with European countries is more than that with CIS countries. According to Poghosyan, cultural relations with these countries are just now starting to progress. "We have started to talk about cooperation just during these past three years. Step by step, we are going forward," she said.

We note that Armenian culture will also be presented in Italy and China this year. From November 10, Armenian culture will be presented in China by the State Pantomime Theater, as well as by well known singers Barsegh Tumanyan and Irina Zakyan and pianist Arus Ajemyan. From November 20, in Italy, the Speaker "New Names" foundation children and the State Pantomime Theater will present Armenian culture, along with exhibits of works by Sergey Paradjanov and Hayk Gregorian's "Exlibris."

Source:

http://www.panorama.am/en/culture/2007/10/30/culture/