.jpg "The first secretary of the Embassy of Bulgaria, Jivko Kantchev (R), visits IAF Director Majid Sarsangi at his office in Tehran on October 30, 2014.")
TEHRAN – The first secretary of the Embassy of Bulgaria, Jivko Kantchev, visited the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Thursday.
He met IAF Director Majid Sarsangi during the visit and said he would like to organize a Bulgarian cultural week at the IAF in the near future, the IAF reported in a press release.
Kantchev, who was appointed to serve as first secretary of the Bulgarian Embassy about two months ago, said that his country is ready to cooperate with the IAF in the fields of art and culture.
He added that he is aware of the wide range of activities of the IAF and gave details about the various types of art in Bulgaria.
Kantchev also talked about the recent activities of the Department of Iranian Studies at Sofia University and said that several Bulgarian books have been translated into Persian by a team of Iranologists and a Persian-Bulgarian dictionary is also being compiled by the team.
Sarsangi informed Kantchev about the number of cultural weeks held at the forum over the past two years, adding that the IAF is ready to host a Bulgarian cultural week.
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