YEREVAN, MAY 22, NOYAN TAPAN. An agreement on cooperation was signed on May 22 between student councils of Armenian State Agrarian University and Artsakh State University. It is aimed at promoting establishment of close contacts between students of the two Universities, as well as exchange of students. Mentioning efficiency of bilateral cooperation of seven years, Rector of Armenian State Agrarian University Arshaluys Tarverdian said that this is already third visit of Artsakh university students to the Agrarian University, during which they are given a possibility to get acquainted in detail with various faculties, library, laboratories of the University. "Currently students studying for master's degree and post-graduate students from Artsakh State University also study at the Agrarian University, which can be also considered as a result of close cooperation between the two Universities," the Rector said. He expressed the hope that henceforth new level of cooperation will enable to deepen contacts not only in educational and scientific spheres, but also in issues of organization of consultation and inter-university student events. Chairman of Management Board of Armenian State Agrarian University Manvel Badalian and Chairman of Artsakh State University Trade Union Rudik Aghabekian mentioned in their speeches that over the several past years contacts between the higher education institutions were strengthened not only with the efforts of lecturers' staff, but also by close cooperation among students. The Armenian State Agrarian University gave two thousand books to the library of Artsakh State University.

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