Armenia's Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Alfred Kocharyan has met with Mohsen Javadi, Iran’s Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance in charge of cultural affairs, who is visiting Armenia as part of a delegation led by Iranian Vice President Seyed Hamid Pourmohammadi.
According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, Kocharyan highly valued the centuries-old cultural ties between Armenia and Iran and emphasized the importance of opportunities to deepen them in various fields.
He highlighted the successful cooperation already in place, stressing the importance of implementing joint programs in various fields of intangible cultural heritage and contemporary art.
Javadi thanked Kocharyan for welcoming him, emphasizing the potential for implementing new cooperation programs. In particular, he outlined prospects for holding Armenian Culture Weeks in Iran to introduce Armenian literature, cinema and music to the Iranian public.
The sides discussed mutual participation in the international book festivals of Yerevan and Tehran, which is particularly important for promoting young Armenian and Iranian writers. In this context, they also discussed the possibility of translating works by contemporary authors.
The Iranian partners informed Kocharyan that the meeting hall of Yerevan’s Blue Mosque had recently been named after renowned Armenian writer Yeghishe Charents.
The meeting also addressed a number of other issues of mutual interest.
