YEREVAN, JUNE 9, ARMENPRESS: The Yerevan office of Academy for Education Development (AED) in cooperation with several organizations and interested individual and with the financial support of USAID has initiated a project, called “Gyumri-Kars: Historical Cultural Tourism Symposium”. The Symposium is supposed to be held on June 15-18- the first two days in Gyumri and the last two in Turkish Kars, lying across the border.
Local government officials, experts on preservation of historical cultural monuments, specialists in architecture and tourism and businessmen form Armenia and Turkey were invited to participate and discuss the present challenges of preservation of historical and natural objects and development of tourism.
During the symposium the participants are expected to observe the current state of historical and natural monuments in Kars and Shirak. They will confer necessary steps to be taken to prevent the monuments from further destruction. The participants will also discuss prospects for developing tourism.
A strategy on developing tourism and preservation of historical monuments in Gyumri and Kars is expected to be developed . The strategy will be submitted to the interest of state bodies, donor and international organizations, other interested parties.
According to Academy of Education Development Yerevan office, preparatory works are almost complete. All the details are conferred and agreed upon with the Turkish side. However, according to our sources, there is a concern among Turkish participants that the symposium will fail. They recall Ankara where the respective bodies have not authorized the visit to Gyumri.
In case of such development, this will be not the first case when bilateral initiations fail because of ‘lack of willingness’ from Ankara at the last moment.
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