RA Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Alfred Kocharyan met with the Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran Mohsen Javadi. He is in Armenia within the framework of the visit of the delegation led by the Vice President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Seyed Hamid Pourmohammadi to Armenia. This is reported by the Ministry of Education and Culture. Welcoming his colleague, Alfred Kocharyan, the Deputy Minister of CGMS, highly appreciated the centuries-old cultural ties between Armenia and Iran and highlighted the opportunities to deepen them in various fields. He emphasized that and the existing successful cooperation, emphasizing the implementation of joint projects in various fields of intangible cultural heritage and contemporary art. Cultural and Islamic leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran Deputy Minister of Culture Mohsen Javadi thanked for the reception, emphasizing the potential of implementing new cooperation programs. In particular, he predicted Armenian cultural weeks in Iran the prospects of making Armenian literature, cinema and music known to the public of Iran. The parties referred to the mutual presence in the international book festivals of Yerevan and Tehran, which is especially important for Armenian and � From the point of view of popularizing young Romanian writers. In this context, the possibility of translating the literature of today's authors was also discussed. The Iranian colleagues informed that recently the meeting hall of the Blue Mosque in Yerevan was named after the famous Armenian writer Yeghishe Charentsi. A number of other issues of bilateral interest were also discussed at the meeting.
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The meeting hall of Yerevan's Blue Mosque is named after Yeghishe Charents

Source: KARTSIQ