As part of her working visit to Georgia, RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Zhanna Andreasyan, had a meeting today with Georgia’s Minister of Culture, Maia Bitadze.

ESCS Deputy Minister Alfred Kocharyan, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Armenia to Georgia Ashot Smbatyan, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Georgia to Armenia Georgi Sharvashidze also attended the meeting.

ESCS Minister Zhanna Andreasyan expressed her gratitude for the warm reception and for the support in organizing the Armenian Culture Days in Georgia. The ministers emphasized the significance of further expanding Armenian-Georgian cooperation in the cultural sector, as well as preserving and promoting cultural heritage.

Zhanna Andreasyan also highlighted the opening of the conceptual retrospective exhibition “Yervand Kochar: Multidimensional Genius” (Tbilisi–Paris–Yerevan) at the Dimitri Shevardnadze National Gallery of the National Museum of Georgia as part of the Armenian Culture Days in Georgia.

Addressing opportunities to expand cooperation in the museum sector, the ESCS Minister underlined the importance of strengthening ties and fostering collaboration between the two countries’ national museums, proposing the organization of joint exhibitions.

The sides also underscored the importance of developing cooperation in contemporary art and cinema and implementing joint projects. They reaffirmed their commitment to maintaining close cooperation in the cultural sector and pursuing joint initiatives.

It should also be noted that RA ESCS Minister Zhanna Andreasyan and Deputy Minister Alfred Kocharyan, accompanied by Armenia’s Ambassador to Georgia Ashot Smbatyan, visited the Khojivank Pantheon in Tbilisi, the burial place of Armenian writers and public figures. They paid tribute to the memory of the distinguished Armenians laid to rest there.