Writers’ Union offers conduction of “Armenian Culture 2020” conference.

Armenian Writers' Union is planning to implement cooperation programs in 2012 with Georgia, Iran, Russia, Romania, Germany, etc. Chairman of the Union Levon Ananyan summed up at a news conference today the 2011 activity of the union and pointed out the activities of the coming year. The sixth congress of the union is expected to be conducted in April 2012 on the opening days of the "Yerevan – World Capital of Book" event.

"The progress for the union in the passing year is obvious, but there are a number of programs which will be implemented in the coming year because of overwork during this year."

During the passing year the Union has carried out a number of events, organized meetings of teachers of Armenian language and literature with writers, literature critics. It has also organized "I am friend of book" marathon, 4th conference of Armenian writers creating in foreign languages and the scientific sitting of young writers.

"The first problem of literature is making book reach the public, propagate literature," he said, adding that the reading crisis is a painful tendency and for overcoming it, it is necessary to propagate literature among the young people. During 2011 the Union published 80 multi-genre books.

Ananian said the Union keeps under limelight the assistance to the young writers as well as active cooperation with the Diaspora writers. The Union has offered the Ministry of Culture to conduct "Armenian Culture 2020" conference, which he said will give an opportunity to outline the prospects of the Armenian culture.