NKR Prime Minister Met with Culture Employees
NKR Government Information and
Public Relations Department
November 28, 2008
On November 27, the NKR Prime Minister Ara Haroutyunyan met with
employees of the NKR Ministry of Culture and Youth Affairs. L.Hakobyan,
the NKR Minister of Culture and Youth Affairs and the Deputy Minister
G.Grigoryan were present at the meeting. Attaching importance to the
role of culture in the deal of state construction and spiritual
development the Prime Minister emphasized that the sphere of culture
was and remains in the center of the country’s leadership’s attention.
Introducing red tape and bureaucratic problems of the sphere, in
particular, in ensembles, which take a great deal of artistic
directors’ creative time, the Prime Minister presented his own version
of the problem’s solution- to unite all ensembles in all its’ genre
variety into one whole noncommercial organization and to appoint a
common manager, coordinating activities of the ensembles included in
it. The Prime Minister added that it will allow, at the same time, to
increase salaries of ensemble members.
After the Prime Minister’ brief report, directors-artistic managers
of pop-folk ensemble "Vernatun", State Dance Ensemble, pop, chamber and
other state ensembles presented their viewpoints and proposals then the
Premier expressed gratitude to meeting participants and announced that
all their proposals and considerations will be taken into account.