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    Kuwait Times, Kuwait
    March 26 2011


    Kuwait, Armenia plan to cement cultural relations
    Published Date: March 26, 2011

    KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Chairman of the National Council
    for Culture, Arts, and Letters (NCCAL) Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah
    Al-Sabah stressed yesterday the importance of developing ties between
    Kuwait and Armenia in various fields, particularly the cultural and
    cognitive ones.

    Al-Abdullah, also Minister of Oil, made the previous remark during the
    signing ceremony of a cultural cooperation agreement with
    representative of the visiting Armenian delegation, and Minister of
    Culture Hasmik Poghosian in the presence of the NCCAL Secretary
    General Ali Al-Yoha, and Armenian ambassador to the State of Kuwait
    Charchoglyan.

    Al-Abdullah also stressed the necessity of developing cooperation
    between the two countries in the field of exchanging the organization
    of plastic art shows, publications as well as exchanging expertise in
    the domains of protecting manuscripts, popular heritage along with
    fostering cooperation in the fields of publishing, translation,
    museums, and antiquities.

    Additionally, Kuwaiti top cultural official asserted the Government of
    Kuwait took interest in the cultural development through constructing
    the National Library of Kuwait which uses state-of-the-art techniques
    in the world of libraries, alongside the construction of an Opera
    House and a number of theatres in order to upgrade such kind of art,
    noting that the Islamic Art Exhibition which Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyya
    that has recently opened in Austria in what reflects Kuwait's efforts
    on conserving heritage.


    Further, Al-Abdullah reviewed the role played by Al-Arabi magazine in
    cultivating culture and fine arts which have a wide-scale appeal to
    spectators, besides Kuwait's relentless efforts on the restoration and
    maintenance of historic buildings, and heritage landmarks, and
    transforming them into cultural centers and conservation of ancient
    Kuwaiti architecture style.

    On her part, Poghosian stressed the necessity of Kuwait's
    participation in the ceremony organized in 2012 and marking the 500th
    anniversary of printing the first Armenian book as well as selecting
    the Armenian capital of Yerevan as the capital of world books for the
    same year. --- KUNA




    From: A. Papazian
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