Saudi Minister of Culture and Information Adel bin Zaid al-Turaifi met the Cultural Adviser to HH the Emir and Qatar’s candidate for Unesco director general’s position, HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, in Riyadh yesterday. They discussed the role of Unesco and ways of developing it. The Saudi minister expressed the Kingdom’s support to Qatar’s nomination of Dr al-Kuwari for the post of Unesco’s director general. Dr al-Kuwari thanked Saudi Arabia for its support.


Above: HE al-Kuwari met separately with GCC Secretary-General Dr Abdul Latif al-Zayani in Riyadh yesterday. Al-Zayani expressed the GCC’s support to nomination of Dr al-Kuwari for the post of the director-general of Unesco. HE al-Kuwari thanked the GCC for backing the nomination.
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