The final event "The Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe" was the round table "Bridges of Cooperation", held in Brussels. As reported to the information agency "Res" by the head of the international association "Renaissance Sandidzan" ("Revival") Radion Pukhaev, director of the Russian Center for Science and Culture (RCSC) in Brussels Alexander Razumov, the Chairman of the Belgian Federation of Russian-Speaking Organizations (BFRO), Alena Nalivkina, the BFRO executive secretary Sergei Petrosov, the representative of Belgium - the president of the Association of Friendship of Russia and Europe "Chris Roman, the Chairman of the Flemish association of Russian speakers Aren Aghajanyan, as well as diplomats from the Russian Embassy in Belgium, representatives of the Ossetian diaspora in Belgium and, of course, guests from Ossetia.
"The conversation took place in a friendly and informal atmosphere," Pukhaev said.
The head of the association has specified that the round table continued with the opening of the next exhibition of Ossetian artists from the Arv-Art series.
"The exhibition was opened by Alexander Razumov and the newly appointed director of the RCSC in Brussels, Vera Bunina. All artists were awarded with letters of thanks for participating in the "Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe", - noted Pukhaev.
He has stressed that the exhibition made a great impression on the guests.
"If the Brussels audience have already been familiar with the works of Ossetian painters, such as Magrez Kelekhsaev, Lavrenty Kasoyev, Yuri Abisalov, Ahsar Esenov, Vadim Pukhaev and Boris Gabaraev, now Europeans got acquainted with the works of Lyuba Baisaeva, Emma Kelekhsaeva and Nina Savlayeva," he said.
As noted by Pukhaev, it was originally planned to close the exhibition on June 16, but at the suggestion of the RCSC leadership in Brussels, it was decided to extend it until June 28.
"On June 26,"Days of Moscow "will be held in Brussels and one of the items of the program will be a visit of Ossetian artists to the exhibition" he added.
It should be noted that Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe started on June 4, 2018.
The first event in the "Days" program was the roundtable "Ossetia Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow", held at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in Paris.
In the discussions, besides the guests from Ossetia, took part the first French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Jean Perrin, the chairman of the Alania association Laura Janaeva-Aris, the president of the Association of Friendship of France-Ossetia Henri Paul Flavigne and other honored guests.
"A young university graduate at the Sorbonne, Khetag Kesaev, helped with the translation," said Pukhaev. - During the round table, various issues of the cultural sphere of Ossetia and France were discussed. Great interest was caused by the speech of the People's Artist of the Republic of South Ossetia, Director of the State Lyceum of Arts. Koliev Laurenty Kasoyev. "
The head of the association "Renaissance Sandidzan" drew attention to the fact that those present were interested in the events taking place in South Ossetia for the last 20 years.
"In turn, Lavrenty Kasoev spoke about the traditions of the Ossetian school of painting laid by the famous Maharbeg Tuganov and the prospects of the Arts Lyceum," said Pukhaev.
He has noted that during the round table many questions were asked and several proposals were received.
"One of them is an exhibition of young artists of Ossetia within the framework of the project" Academic Art School Abroad ", which has been conducted for several years together with RCSC and the Russian Academy of Arts, Pukhayev continued. "Such an exhibition will open a new generation of young and talented artists from Ossetia to the European artistic community."
According to the head of the association "Renaissance Sandidzan", Minister of Foreign Affairs of South Ossetia Dmitry Medoev and Minister for Nationalities of North Ossetia-Alania Aslan Tsutsiev sent greetings to the participants of the forum.
As stressed by Pukhaev, the leaders of South and North Ossetia Anatoly Bibilov and Vyacheslav Bitarov provided comprehensive support to the "Days of Ossetian Culture in Europe".
