UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany visited Zvartnots Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site near Yerevan, during a visit to Armenia to attend the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) on Saturday.
El-Enany was accompanied by Alfred Kocharyan, Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, and Aram Hakobyan, Armenia’s permanent representative to UNESCO, the ministry said.
The delegation toured the historic site and its museum, where El-Enany was briefed on the monument’s history, its current state of preservation, and conservation work already completed and planned for the future.
El-Enany highlighted the importance of effective management of historical monuments and their use for cultural and educational purposes.
The visit also provided an opportunity to discuss ways to deepen cooperation between Armenia and UNESCO.
