Moscow State University to open branch in Armenia

Armenian Minister of Education Armen Ashotyan held a meeting Nov. 16 with Mr. Victor Krivopuskov, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo office in Armenia and Advisor to the Russian Embassy in Armenia.

The sides discussed Armenian-Russian educational cooperation. They placed emphasis on the bilateral humanitarian cooperation agreement signed during Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's state visit to Russia this October.

The sides discussed preparations for opening a branch of Moscow State University in Armenia and, under the amendments to the RA Law on Comprehensive Education, adopted last year, the opening of a Russian grammar school.

The sides also discussed the opportunities for cooperation with Armenia's high and higher schools. One of them is establishing a center of public access to Russian education at the Rossotrudnichestvo office in Armenia early next year.