President Serzh Sargsyan met with Russian professionals, who arrived to Armenia to participate at the Days of Russian Language

Today, President Serzh Sargsyan met with over ten Russian professionals from literary, journalism, mass media, music, theatre and cinema circles, who arrived to Armenia to participate at the Days of Russian Language.

The President of Armenia stressed the importance of such events for the development of the humanitarian aspect of the strategic Armenian-Russian relations and for the promotion of the Russian language and culture in our country. President Sargsyan said that teaching Russian was on a high level at the all stages of education, which is proved by the fact that representatives of Armenia achieve success at the Russian language Olympiads.

The guests shared with the President of Armenia their impressions and new ideas regarding cultural cooperation. Mentioned were, in particular, exchange programs for the schoolchildren and students as well as joint programs in the areas of literature and theatre.

Serzh Sargsyan welcomed initiatives of the guests from Russia and said that he would be happy to witness how some time later these initiatives turn into real projects.