President of El Salvador Sanchez Ceren met HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar’s candidate for the post of director general at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).
During the meeting, held at the presidential palace here, Qatar’s candidate conveyed the greetings of HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani to President Ceren.
The President of El Salvador reciprocated the Emir’s greetings and wishes and thanked Qatar, and expressed his desire to develop relations with the country in various sectors, especially with regard to dialogue among civilisations.
He welcomed the nomination of Dr al-Kuwari for the post of Unesco’s director general, stressing his country’s support for his nomination, and looking forward to co-operating with him in areas of Unesco’s work that are of interest to El Salvador, particularly education, the environment and heritage.
He stressed that El Salvador will co-operate with the Qatari candidate in the future in addressing the  challenges facing the Unesco.
Dr al-Kuwari thanked the president of El Salvador for the support and his clear vision of the Unesco mission, stressing that he will co-operate with the Caribbean and Latin American states.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador Hugo Martinez, who also met Qatar’s candidate at his office at the Foreign Ministry.
The meeting dealt with bilateral relations and the vision of Dr al-Kuwari  for the advancement of Unesco. During the meeting the foreign minister of El Salvador stressed his support for the Qatari candidate.
HE al-Kuwari also held meetings with El Salvadorian Minister of Education Carlos Canjura and Culture Secretary Silvia Regalado.
The meetings dealt with the issue of education and culture and the vision of the Qatari candidate.
Dr al-Kuwari answered all the questions raised during the meeting, and the two officials declared their confidence in his vision, wishing him success and looking forward to co-operating with him in the future.
In a related context, Dr al-Kuwari held a panel discussion with Latin American ambassadors where he answered questions raised by the latter.
The Qatari candidate is currently on a visit to El Salvador at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend the celebration of 25 years after the signing of peace agreement ending the country’s civil war.