ARKA news Agency, Armenia
May 18 2007
ARMENIAN DELEGATION TO ATTEND CONFERENCE ON STATUS OF RUSSIAN
LANGUAGE ABROAD
YEREVAN, May 18. /ARKA/. An Armenian delegation will take part in a
conference on the status of the Russian language abroad to be held in
Moscow.
The RF Embassy in Armenia reports that the Governmental Commission
for Relations with Compatriots and the RF Foreign Office are to hold
a conference on the status of the Russian language in Moscow on May
29-30, 2007. Over 50 delegates from the CIS countries, Baltic States
and a number of foreign countries, as well as representatives of
Russia’s federal legislative and executive bodies, NGOs and
journalists will take part in the conference.
Sections on the status of the Russian language and Russian education
abroad will be working during the conference.
The conference must be a noteworthy event of the Year of the Russian
language, draw attention to the problems of preserving the
Russian-language space abroad, especially in the countries with large
Russian communities. P.T. -0–
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