YEREVAN. – The 3rd International Forum of the Graduates of Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) kicked off Friday at the Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concert Complex in Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. 

The key topics to be discussed at the event include the 200th anniversary of the Lazarian Seminary of Oriental Languages in Moscow, and Eastern Studies.

Within the framework of the conference, numerous MGIMO graduates will deliver presentations on several subject matters.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, MGIMO Rector Anatoly Torkunov, Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Vasily Nebenzya also will deliver remarks at the event.

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