YEREVAN, DECEMBER 10, NOYAN TAPAN. Days of Armenian Culture will be held on December 21-27 in Beijing within the framework of the agreement on Armenian-Chinese Cultural Cooperation in 2005-2010. As Noyan Tapan correspondent was informed by the Public Relations Department of the RA Ministry of Culture, Hasmik Poghosian, the RA Minister of Culture, the head of the Armenian delegation, will meet with responsible persons of the Chinese Ministry of Culture, will visit cultural institutions. The collective of the State Theater of Pantomime, solo singers, laureates of international competitions, Barsegh Tumanian and Irina Zakian, the Kadans string orchestra headed by pianist Armen Babakhanian, and pianist Arus Achemian will also leave for Beijing for the purpose of taking part in the Days of Armenian Culture in China. It should be mentioned that the Puppet Theater of the Chinese town of Chzhoun, state of Funczhan, for the first time performed on tour in Yerevan in October 2007 within the framework of the agreement.

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