Bulgarian Minister of Education and Science Krasimir Valchev and Armenian Ambassador to Bulgaria Armen Sargsyan signed a document on the expansion of Armenian-Bulgarian cooperation in the field of education and science, Armenian MFA reported.

The program provides for the provision of four mutual scholarships each year to obtain a bachelor’s and master’s degree at universities in Armenia and Bulgaria. The program also involves the organization of the exchange of scientists, teachers and specialists between educational institutions of the two countries.

The sides highlighted the importance of cooperation in the filed of education and science, as well as organization of mutual visits at both expert and high levels, and the need to modernize the existing legal framework.