Togo Prime Minister Komi Selom Klassou has expressed his country’s support for HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kuwari, Adviser at the Emiri Diwan and Qatar’s candidate for the post of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural  organisation (Unesco).
This came after al-Kuwari met with the Togo prime minister in Lome last night.
Klassou praised the Qatari -Togolese relations, stressing that the support for the Qatari candidate come as a recognition of the bilateral relations between the two countries.
The prime minister highly appreciated the Qatari candidate’s keenness to meet with African officials, present his vision and listen to their aspirations to contribute in restoring the Unesco’s image.
He stressed that Togo and Africa recognise the noble mission of Unesco in the education, culture and science fields, adding that the Togo after studying the nomination has been satisfied over the efficiency and rich experience of the Qatari candidate and see him as the right person at this important phase of the Unesco’s march.
In this context, he said that Togo and Qatar are leading co-ordination at vote in international organisations.
For his part, al-Kuwari thanked the Togolese prime minister for providing him with the opportunity to explain his vision for the advancement of Unesco and discuss his electoral programme under the theme “Towards a New Start for Unesco.”
He said that Africa has been always a priority for Unesco, stressing his ongoing efforts aimed at enhancing its position in the future along with conducting permanent consultations with African leaders and its representatives to achieve such a goal.