Qatari Cultural Week begins in Uzbekistan

Tashkent: Minister of Culture H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al Thani inaugurated the Qatari Cultural Week in Uzbekistan on Friday. The opening w...

Tashkent: Minister of Culture H E Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al Thani inaugurated the Qatari Cultural Week in Uzbekistan on Friday.

The opening was attended by Minister of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan H  E Nazarbekov Ozodbek Ahmedovich, Ambassador of Qatar to the Republic of Uzbekistan Hassan bin Hamza Hashem, and a number of Their Excellencies the Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in addition to several ambassadors, and a large crowd of the public.

The Qatari Cultural Week in Uzbekistan comes within the framework of bilateral cultural cooperation between the State of Qatar and the Republic of Uzbekistan, with the aim of highlighting Qatari heritage and culture and enhancing cultural exchange between the two countries.

In this context, Assistant Undersecretary for Cultural Affairs at the Ministry of Culture Dr. Ghanem bin Mubarak Al Ali, said that the Qatari Cultural Week in Uzbekistan is one of the weeks held by the Ministry of Culture in a number of friendly countries within the framework of cultural relations.

He noted that the aim of the cultural week is to introduce Qatari arts, culture and heritage, adding that culture has always been a bridge of communication, and that the basis of rapprochement between peoples,  based on the exchange of their cultures.