Armenian Education Minister says country ready to start teaching Georgian in schools
He was also cited by news.am as saying the classes would not be mandatory, adding further details of the programme would be presented at a later date. Photo: Infoport.am
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Armenia’s Ministry of Education is ready to start teaching Georgian language classes in some schools in the country, Minister Vahram Dumanyan said on Thursday.
Dumanyan said the initiative would “not necessarily” concern schools located in regions of the country adjacent to the border with Georgia.
He was also cited by news.am as saying the classes would not be mandatory, adding further details of the programme would be presented at a later date.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday extended their condolences to the families of the victims of a massive explosion that shook Yerevan on Sunday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Arayik Harutyunyan, the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Armenia, met on Monday in Tbilisi to discuss bilateral cooperation between the countries, the Georgian Government Administration said.
Armenia has “always attached great importance” to the development and strengthening of relations with “friendly Georgia”, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday in a congratulatory message to his Georgian counterpart Irakli Garibashvili on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Saturday discussed the former's Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative and its role in normalisation of relations in the South Caucasus region, as well as an upcoming meeting between Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart in Tbilisi.
The "bridge of friendship" unveiled by Georgia and Armenia "symbolises the success of our cooperation and friendship", Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Friday at the official opening ceremony of a new road bridge on the Debeda River near the Georgian-Armenian border.