YEREVAN. – The language rights of national minorities are continued to be respected in Armenia.

The Minister of Education and Science, Armen Ashotyan, stated the above-said at Thursday’s Cabinet meeting. He noted this as he presented the fourth national report on Armenia’s fulfillment of the requirements by the  European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.

As per the report, printed literature is published in Armenia in the languages of the country’s national minorities. In addition, the Public Radio of Armenia airs programs in Kurdish, Yezidi, Assyrian, Greek, and Russian.

Furthermore, the Government of Armenia will allocate non-competitive places in the country’s institutions of higher education, and for the minority communities’ representatives that wish to study their language and culture.