RA Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan received Indian Ambassador to Armenia.

Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan received on March 15 Indian Ambassador to Armenia Achal Kumar Malhotra.

The minister presented to the ambassador the most important cultural programs of Armenia for the running year, and then referred to developments of Armenian-Indian bilateral cultural relations.

Among the significant cultural programs Hasmik Poghosyan pointed out the celebrations dedicated to Yerevan – Book Capital 2012 and 500th anniversary of Armenian Book Printing, in which cultural delegations and high-raking officials from different countries throughout the world will participate. Hasmik Poghoyan invited the Indian party to participate in ArmBookExpo, specifically presenting foreign-language literature about Armenia published in India.

It was also suggested to conduct Days of Indian Literature during the year, to organize a visit of Indian writers to Armenia, to participate in an exhibition of the world's early printed books due in Yerevan.

Minister Poghosyan also singled out the exhibition of Armenian early printed book due in Madras, India.

The Indian Ambassador expressed gratitude to Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan for the invitation and promised to support organization of the joint events both in Armenia and India.

Referring to the bilateral cooperation, Minister Poghosyan expressed interest in cooperation in the sphere of archeology with "Archeological Research of India" organization.

The cooperation in other spheres was discussed as well.