YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 27, NOYAN TAPAN. Problems of Armenian-Egyptian cooperation in the cultural sphere were discussed on February 26, during the meeting between Abla Mohammad Abdelrahman, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Armenia, and Gevorg Gevorgian, RA Minister on Culture and Youth Affairs. As Noyan Tapan was informed from the Press Service of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador of Egypt hoped that the cultural cooperation between the two ancient countries will become closer in the future. According to Mrs Rahman, the Egypt as a country having accumulated a great experience in the archeology sphere is ready to provide support to the archeological excavations done in Armenia, re-construction works of the historic-cultural models and monuments. And as a new sphere of cooperation, the Ambassador mentioned that the film producers of his country are interested in the joint film production, as well as in the Armenian nature and the possibility of doing filming on the spot. The Minister Gevorg Gevorgian thanked the Ambassador for the interesting suggestions. Taking into account the provisions of the practical program of the cultural cooperation signed between the Ministries of Culture of the two countries in 2005, Gevorg Gevorgian offered to present concrete programs, that will relate to the restoration of the incunabular books, museum-pieces, to the publishing work, archeological excavations, holding of the national holidays, organizing mutual exhibitions and cinematographic art. The Minister also hoped that the works of the Egyptian film producers will be displayed at the Armenian "Golden Apricot" (Voske Tsiran) international film festival.

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