YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. The US Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation of the US Government donated 30 thousand US dollars fund to the Armenian National Cinematheque, owing to what 4 archives of preserving Armenian films, video materials and photos will be repaired and a climate-controlled space will be provided at the Cinematheque. As Garegin Zakoyan, the Vice-Director of the Cinematheque mentioned at the September 13 press-conference, 13 thousand documentary and 200 feature films, including the first Armenian silent films as well as rare musical recordings and numerous historically significant photos are preserved at the Cinematheque. Whilemean, already for 20 years, corresponding works haven't implemented in the direction of creating necessary conditions for preserving films. John Evans, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the US to Armenia, informed that the fund created in 2001 supports all the countries of the world in the issue of securing museum collections, historical-cultural monuments and values. The fund has supported about 300 programs in different countries of the world, allocating 6.7 mln dollars.

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