YEREVAN. - Armenia’s Ambassador to Canada, Armen Yeganyan, met on Wednesday with Dr. Daniel Caron, the Librarian and Archivist of Canada, and discussed bilateral cooperation in the field of humanities.   

Armenia’s Ambassador informed that capital Yerevan is declared by UNESCO as the 2012 Book Capital of the World, and that this year the country is marking the 500th anniversary of Armenian printed books, MFA informed Armenian News-NEWS.am. 

The interlocutors reached an agreement in principle to organize joint events in Ottawa and in other Canadian cities. And Dr. Caron expressed his readiness to assist in all the initiatives.