YEREVAN, DECEMBER 26, NOYAN TAPAN. In 2008 the experts of UNESCO will arrive in Armenia for already the third time in order to explore the Noravank monastic complex with the 500 hectare territory surrounding it, which includes Gnishiki gorge, Areni church, chapels, caves, flora and fauna. According to the information provided to a Noyan Tapan correspondent by Gagik Gyurjian, the RA Deputy Minister of Culture, the Noravank monastic complex was awarded with the attention of the UNESCO's Commission on the Protection of Cultural Heritage and in case of the existence of certain standards, it will enter the world cultural heritage list. In his words, the issue on the inclusion of the monument in the register of that authoritative structure has already been put for the discussion of the UNESCO's commission twice, however, it has not been heard since there have been certain documentary and technical inaccuracies. And since monuments are presented for being included in the register of the world cultural heritage once in two years, in the next 2008 year the experts will again arrive in Armenia and will explore the whole territory with the assistance of the local specialists, after which the issue will be discussed by the commission of the UNESCO.

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