ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA MEETS WITH TWO MINISTERS
YEREVAN, MAY 13, ARMENPRESS: Armenian ambassador to Syria, Arshak Poladian, met on May 12 with Syrian Tourism Minister Saadala Agha al-Kalali.
The press division of the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenpress that during their meeting the two men discussed prospects for tourism development between their countries.
Particularly, they referred to the necessity of signing a tourism cooperation agreement for 2008-2011. The ministry said a draft cooperation program is under discussion.
Minister Agha al-Kalali noted that Damascus will host in October Silk Road Tourism Festival and an invitation will be sent to Armenia to take part.
The ministry said on the same day ambassador Poladian met with Syrian Education Minister Ali Saadi to discuss Armenian-Syrian cooperation in education and the details of the planned visit by Armenian education and science minister to Syria.
Minister Saadi was said to underscore the necessity of a meeting with his Armenian counterpart citing close education cooperation between the two countries. He said Syria would like to expand it further.