Okaz/Saudi Gazette

RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Culture Prince Badr bin Abdullah met with his French counterpart Rachida Dati in Riyadh on Monday.

During the meeting, Prince Badr praised the strong cultural relations between the Kingdom and France and the development it has witnessed in the recent period. The minister stressed the Saudi leadership’s keenness to continue developing bilateral cultural relations between the two friendly countries.

The ministers discussed ways of further enhancing cooperation and international cultural exchange between the Kingdom and France in various cultural fields, most notably the fields of museums, theater and performing arts, culinary arts, films, heritage, libraries, visual arts, music, fashion, architecture and design. They also underscored the need to further enhance cultural exchange between the concerned parties from both countries.

The meeting was attended by Deputy Minister of Culture Hamid Fayez, Assistant Minister of Culture Rakan Al-Touq and Deputy Minister of Culture for International Cultural Relations Eng. Fahd Al-Kanaan.