Experts in national minorities` languages to be trained in Armenia 

ArmInfo.  The regular meeting of the Council for National Minorities was held under the chairmanship of Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister Arayik Harutyunyan.

As reported by the government press service, issues related to the  training of specialists in the languages of national minorities in  Armenia and the inclusion of children from national minorities in the  state program of annually organized summer camps were presented at  the meeting.

The agenda items were discussed during the meeting, and the council  members presented their comments and suggestions.

Arayik Harutyunyan instructed the Ministry of Education, Science,  Culture and Sports to develop a program for training language  specialists and present it at the next meeting. The Chief of Staff to  the Prime Minister also gave instructions on resolving the  above-mentioned issues.

Representatives of about twenty nationalities live in Armenia,  including Russians, Yazidis, Greeks, Assyrians, Ukrainians, Poles,  Germans, Jews, Kurds, Georgians. According to various sources,  representatives of national minorities make up from 2 to 4% of the  total population of the country.