Thursday, October 21 2021 13:35

ArmInfo. The RA Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, represented by Minister Vahram Dumanyan, has no information that the Armenian authorities are  interested in opening Russian schools in the republic. Dumanyan said  this at a briefing on October 21 after a government meeting.

Earlier, according to TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov,  speaking at the Seventh World Congress of Russian Compatriots Living  Abroad, said that five Russian schools will open in Tajikistan as  part of an initiative to strengthen the position of the Russian  language, similar programs are being prepared for Uzbekistan,  interest in Armenia is also involved in the project. "Five Russian  schools are being establised including on the initiative of  [Federation Council Speaker] Valentina Matvienko, with a full program  of training according to our methodology in Tajikistan. Now a similar  program is being prepared for Uzbekistan. Recently, the new Armenian  leadership has shown interest in ensuring that the same program to do  for Armenia, "the minister said.

Today, the person responsible for the Armenian education sector first  stated that "he never found, did not record the statement of the  leadership of the Armenian government that it is going to open new  Russian schools in the republic" on the Internet. He also did not  find "information in this wording" from the lips of high-ranking  officials of the Russian Federation, in particular, the head of the  Foreign Ministry.

The information, as explained by the head of the Ministry of  Education and Science, was somewhat different. "The interest, its  manifestation, may have been in certain programs. I personally did  not communicate with Mr. Lavrov," he said, adding that any program is  worthy of attention. "Rest assured, at present there is no such issue  on our agenda," the minister assured, noting that the Armenian  authorities are interested in popularizing foreign languages,  including the Russian language.