There's no reason to not read the Bible and understand it in our mother tongue languages as another convention has set this possible.
The countries of Armenia and Belarus have sealed a deal to establish exchange of books. Aside from this, they will need to cooperate to translate works of Belarusian and Armenian writers or poets to national languages including the oldest Armenian Bible that was printed in year 1666.
"We have brought the oldest Armenian Bible printed in 1666," the Armenian Deputy Culture Minister Artur Poghosyan stressed out.
In the 23rd International Minsk Book Fair opening ceremony, Poghosyan said that Belarus has vast experience in book publishing and printing so they have agreed with the Belarusian Culture Ministry to cooperate in this field.
Poghosyan as the guest of honor during the said book expo stressed out that Armenia has been taking part for the said event for ten years now.
In accordance with Armenians celebration of its 25th Independence, it showcases books and writings of different genres.
Aside from the two countries, guests from 29 other countries participated in the event, among them are Azerbaijan, the United Kingdom, Germany, Venezuela, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Iran, China, Kyrgyzstan, South Korea, Cuba, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Palestine,Syria, the United States, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Finland, France,Tajikistan, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Ecuador.
