On October 13, Artsakh State University and Belgium's Catholic University of Leuven signed a Declaration of Cooperation in Stepanakert.

The Declaration was signed in Artsakh by Rector of the Artsakh State University Manush Minasyan and in Belgium – by Rector of the Catholic University of Leuven Rik Torfs.

The Catholic University of Leuven was represented in Stepanakert by the University Honorable Rector, Professor, member of the Europe-Armenia Advisory Committee, Bernard Coulie.

The ceremony of signing was also attended by Chairman of the NKR NA Ashot Ghulian, Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan, as well as member of the European Parliament, President of the EU-Armenia Friendship Group Eleni Theocharous, political advisor to a MEP, International Law and European Studies Doctor Ioannis Charalampidis and Chairman of the ARFD Hay Dat Committee Gaspar Karampetian. 

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