YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 16, NOYAN TAPAN. On September 15, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan receiving over 10 Russian representatives of literature, oratory, mass media, music, theater and cinema having participated in the events of Russian Speech Days conducted in Armenia, stressed the importance of such initiatives in the development of the Armenian-Russian strategic cooperation in the sphere of humanities, as well as in spreading Russian language and culture in Armenia. He said that teaching of Russian is put on a high level in all the spheres of the Armenian educational system, its evidence is the achievements of Armenia registered in different Olympiads of Russian language. According to the RA President's Press Office, the guests told the President about their impressions and new ideas on the development of Armenian-Russian cultural cooperation. Particularly, they touched upon issues of making an exchange of pupils and students, as well as implementation of joint programs together with literature and theater circles. S. Sargsyan welcomed the initiatives of the guests and said that he will be glad to see that the submitted proposals have turned into concrete programs after some period of time.

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