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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
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