Iraq And Egypt Discuss Cultural And Artistic Cooperation

Baghdad / NINA / - Minister of Culture, Tourism and Antiquities, Hassan Nadhim, received today, Wednesday, the Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Walid Muhammad Ismail. The minister stressed, according to a statement by the ministry, the depth of relations between the two countries, indicating that great strides had been made in the field of communication and support between the two brotherly countries, and "now we need to develop appropriate plans for cultural and artistic cooperation, and other fields." For his part, the Egyptian ambassador affirmed his country's readiness to cooperate in the field of museums, with sufficient experience in the field of exhibition, in addition to possessing Egyptian cadres specialized in the restoration of manuscripts, noting that the prospects for cooperation are broad, and would enhance cultural rapprochement between the two countries./End