Ministers of Culture of Armenia,  Turkiye met in Ashgabat

ArmInfo.As part of a working visit to Turkmenistan to participate in an international conference,  the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia Zhanna Andreasyan met with her Turkish counterpart Mehmet Nuri Ersoy.

As part of the full settlement of relations between Armenia and  Turkiye, among other issues, the ministers attached importance to  cultural cooperation. The interlocutor exchanged views on the  restoration of the historical Ani Bridge.

In February last year, during a joint press conference with the  Turkish Foreign Minister, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan  said that Yerevan and Ankara agreed to jointly repair the Ani Bridge,  as well as take care of the corresponding infrastructure in  anticipation of the full opening of the border.  The Ani Bridge was  built in the 10th-11th centuries, across the Akhuryan River, now  dividing the border between Armenia and Turkey, to the medieval  capital of the Armenian kingdom of Ani (the kingdom of the  Bagratids).