Armenia to ratify updated Charter of Alliance for Cultural Heritage  in Asia

ArmInfo.  The ratification of the Charter of the Alliance for Cultural Heritage in Asia will be  discussed at an extraordinary session of the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia on July 3.

Presenting the document, RA Minister of Education, Science, Culture,  and Sports Zhanna Andreasyan noted that the Alliance is an important  platform for regional cooperation, uniting the efforts of Asian  countries in the fields of preservation, management, and promotion of  cultural heritage and professional development. The initiative to  establish the Alliance was launched on October 27, 2021. Armenia is a  founding member of the initiative, along with China, Cambodia, North  Korea, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Syria, the UAE, and Yemen. The  Alliance's Charter was approved and entered into force on April 25,  2023.

The Minister recalled that on January 25, 2025, the National Assembly  of the Republic of Armenia ratified the initial version of the  Alliance's Charter. During the organization's second Council meeting,  an amendment to the Charter was approved, changing the organization's  status to an international non- governmental organization.  Consequently, it became necessary to confirm Armenia's membership in  the Alliance.

Zhanna Andreasyan also noted that the Ministry of Education, Science,  Culture and Sports of the Republic of Armenia submitted a grant  application to the Alliance, the first of which, in the amount of 32  million drams, has already been received. This grant will be used to  implement the "Silk Road Model from a Local Perspective" program. The  project will be implemented by the Institute of Archaeology and  Ethnography of the National Academy of Sciences.