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The Minister of Culture and his Syrian counterpart affirm the continuation of enhancing and developing cultural cooperation between the two countries

The Minister of Culture and his Syrian counterpart affirm the continuation of enhancing and developing cultural cooperation between the two countries

The Minister of Culture, Mustafa Al-Rawashdeh, and his Syrian counterpart, Muhammad Yasin Saleh, affirmed the work to enhance cooperation in cultural fields between the two countries.

During his meeting on Thursday with the Syrian counterpart, in the conference hall at the Royal Cultural Center in Amman, before the opening ceremony of the 25th Amman International Book Fair, in which Syria is the guest of honor, Al-Rawashdeh expressed pride in the Syrian participation in the fair, noting the heritage and cultural depth of the Syrian Arab Republic.

During the meeting, which was attended by the Secretary-General of the Ministry, Nidal Al-Ahmad, the Director-General of the National Library Circle, Firas Daraba, the Charge d'Affaires of the Syrian Embassy in Jordan, Ihsan Rumman, the accompanying Syrian delegation, and a number of directors of the Jordanian Ministry of Culture directorates, the most prominent events organized by the Ministry during the current and upcoming period were presented, including the 11th Jordan Film Festival.

He pointed out that the Ministry is working to implement the "Our Jordan in Our Eyes" program during the coming period, which comes within the narrative project, and includes filming and documenting heritage, archaeological, tourist sites, and natural landscapes in all governorates of the Kingdom, explaining that a memorandum of understanding will soon be signed with the Syrian Ministry of Culture that includes many cultural programs and files.

For his part, Saleh touched on the cultural projects that the Syrian Ministry of Culture is working to implement, pointing to the files related to intangible cultural heritage, including the pottery file and others.

He confirmed that through the memorandum between the two brotherly countries, the experience of the Jordanian cultural experience will be utilized, especially in many programs and projects implemented by the Jordanian Ministry of Culture.

The Syrian brotherly delegation includes the Director of the Minister's Office, Muhammad Al-Rahabi, the Head of Heritage Affairs in the Ministry, Asma Hamir, the Director of the Cultural Centers Directorate, Musa Suwaydan, the Head of Cultural Affairs, Salam Hamir, the Director of Exhibitions at the Syrian Book Authority, Marhef Abdul-Jawwad, and from the Media Office, Ayham Othman.

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