A delegation headed by Gerard Larcher, the President of the French Senate, arrived in Armenia to take part in the events dedicated to the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On April 25, they visited Mashtots Matenadaran with Jonathan Lacotte, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to the Republic of Armenia. The guests, accompanied
On April 20, H.E. Mr Bolat Imanbayev, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Kazakhstan, accompanied by Honorary Consul Aram Abrahamyan, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to Armenia, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. They had a meeting with Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the Director of Matenadaran, Gayane Eliazyan, the head of the Department of Manuscript Restoration, and with the staff of the same department.
On April 5, Francois-Xavier Bellamy, Member of the European Parliament, visited Mashtots Matenadaran.Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondyan, the director of Matenadaran, the guest toured the museum building and got acquainted with the manuscript heritage of Artsakh.
On March 24, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Nico Schermers visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, Director of Matenadaran, the guest toured the museum complex and got acquainted with the recently opened exhibition dedicated to Artsakh manuscripts.
On March 17, Seyed Hossein Tabatabaei, the Adviser of the Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the Republic of Armenia, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. He had a meeting with Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, the Director of Matenadaran, Vardi Keshishyan, the head of the International Relations Department, and the researchers of the Department
On February 25, Polish politician Tomasz Lech Buczek, accompanied by lawyer Babken Khanzadyan, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. Buczek is the author of “Azerbaijan’s War Crimes against Armenians – Karabakh 2020” and has repeatedly referred to and strongly condemned Azerbaijan’s atrocities against Armenians. Accompanied by Vahan Ter-Ghevondian, director of Matenadaran, the guests toured the museum building and
On February 27, Nobel Laureate, Doctors Without Borders co-founder, physician, former French Foreign Minister (2007-2010), member of the Aurora Prize Selection Committee Bernard Kouchner visited Mashtots Matenadaran. During the visit, Kouchner was accompanied by Alain Boinet, founder of Solidarités International, Patrice Franceschi, former Chairman of the Société des Explorateurs Français, and Nicolas Stanisch, executive director
On February 2, a delegation headed by Charles Personnaz, the Director of the National Heritage Institute (NIU) under the French Ministry of Culture, visited Mashtots Matenadaran. The guests toured the museum building, got acquainted with the Armenian manuscript heritage. During the visit, they also visited the restoration department of Matenadaran and got acquainted with the manuscript
For the 5th anniversary of the Matenadaran-Gandzasar Research and Cultural Center, Arayik Harutyunyan, the President of the Artsakh Republic, received the delegation headed by the Director of Mashtots Matenadaran Vahan Ter-Ghvondian.
On February 25, a delegation headed by the President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova Zinaida Greceanîi, who arrived in Armenia on an official visit, was at Mashtots Matenadaran. The Director of Matenadaran Vahan Ter-Ghevondian welcomed the guests. The guests toured the museum building of Matenadaran. At the end of the visit, Zinaida
