The Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the Government of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as “the Contracting Parties”),
Desiring to develop and strengthen friendly relations between the two countries as well as to deepen cooperation in the fields of education, science and culture,
Resolved to respect the principles of the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, the Paris Charter for a New Europe, and the Vienna Declaration of the Council of Europe,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
The Contracting Parties shall, in conformity with the principles of equality and mutual benefit, encourage and support exchanges and cooperation in the fields of education, science, culture, art, sport, and youth.
Article 2
The Contracting Parties shall encourage cooperation in education by:
– establishing direct cooperation and contacts between universities and other education institutions;
– exchanging students, lecturers, scientists and experts based on direct cooperation between interested institutions;
– promoting study of the language, literature, culture and history of the other country.
Article 3
The Contracting Parties shall encourage cooperation in the fields of culture and art through:
– encouraging art exhibitions and other cultural events;
– encouraging translations and publication of both artistic and literary works, reciprocal visits of writers, painters, musicians and other artists and supporting their activities or performances;
– transferring experience of the Ljubljana Process for the Revitalization of Cultural Heritage to the area of the Kyiv Initiative and promoting intercultural dialogue in the two Contracting Parties;
– other forms of cooperation agreed by the Contracting Parties.
Article 4
The Contracting Parties shall encourage cooperation between institutions in the field of cultural heritage, both movable and immovable. The Contracting Parties shall also exchange information on the export of works of art, as well as on preventing illegal trafficking.
Article 5
The Contracting Parties shall encourage cooperation in the field of radio and television, and promote the exchange of radio and TV programmes.
They shall also promote cooperation between press agencies of the two countries.
Article 6
The Contracting Parties shall encourage cooperation in the field of sport, as well as exchanges between youth organizations of the two countries.
Article 7
The Contracting Parties shall encourage direct cooperation in the above fields between governmental and non-governmental institutions of the two countries.
Article 8
The Contracting Parties shall encourage direct cooperation in the fields of science and technology according to the principles of equality and mutual cooperation. The implementation of scientific and technological cooperation, including related obligations, will be agreed in separate periodic programmes.
Article 9
Either Contracting Party may propose amendments to this Agreement. After consent, these amendments shall be adopted in the form of protocols to this Agreement. The protocols shall enter into force in accordance with Article 10 of this Agreement and become an integral part of it.
Article 10
This Agreement is concluded for an indefinite period of time. It shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the last of the notifications through diplomatic channels that the internal legal procedures required for the entry into force of this Agreement have been fulfilled.
Either Contracting Party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in writing at any time. In such a case, the Agreement shall expire 6 months following the date on which the notification of termination was received by the other Contracting Party.
The termination of this Agreement shall have no effect on the implementation of programmes in progress that have not been completed during the validity of this Agreement.
Done in Yerevan on 11 October 2010 in two originals each in the Slovenian, Armenian and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In the event of differences in interpretation, the text in the English language shall prevail.
For the Government of the Republic of Slovenia Samo Žbogar (s)
For the Government of the Republic of Armenia Hasmik Poghosyan (s)