UNESCO Director-General Khaled El-Enany, who is in Armenia to attend the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17), has visited Zvartnots Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Armenia’s Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport reported that El-Enany was accompanied by Deputy Minister Alfred Kocharyan and Armenia’s Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Aram Hakobyan.
The officials toured the monument’s grounds and museum area. The Director-General was briefed on the monument’s history, its current state of conservation, and work completed and planned.
The UNESCO Director-General stressed the importance of proper management of monuments and their use for cultural and educational purposes.
Opportunities for further cooperation were also discussed.
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