On September 22, 2026, the Director of Matenadaran, Ara Khzmalyan, presented to the Director of the Alliance, Valery Freland, the results achieved by the Laboratory for the Restoration and Research of Arabic-Script Manuscripts, which was inaugurated at Matenadaran earlier this year with the support of ALIPH. Particular emphasis was placed on the necessity for internationalisation of the new data uncovered during the research, as well as the importance of involving foreign experts in this endeavour.
Ara Khzmalyan also outlined the upcoming plans of Matenadaran aimed at enhancing its role in the preservation of written heritage. Praising the laboratory’s activities and the proposals for its further development, Valery Freland expressed his willingness to support the Matenadaran’s international initiatives and the ongoing operation of the laboratory.
The meeting was convened by Hasmik Tolmajian, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to Switzerland.
