SADR and South Africa sign cultural cooperation agreements
Minister of Culture Khadija Hamdi and her South African counterpart Nathi Mthethwa signed, Sunday at the headquarters of the Ministry of Culture, agreements of cooperation in the field of culture.
The cooperation agreements constitute the expansion and strengthening of the ties in the areas of culture, arts and material and immaterial heritage, plus cultural exchange including exhibitions, art handicraft, cinema, music and theater.
The agreement also provide for cooperation in the field of training and promoting schools, museums and archives of cultural character.
Moreover, the agreements provide for the funding and support of projects, programs, cultural activities and creation of regulatory mechanisms in the field of cooperation and encourage contact between cultural institutions and individuals.
The terms of the agreements also include benefiting from the experience of the two countries in the field of preservation of cultural heritage, as well as lifting tariffs at the present and in the future between the two countries in the cultural means.
These agreements fall within the framework of promoting strong bilateral relations between the two countries in the cultural fields.
It should be recalled that the South African Minister of Culture and Arts Mr. Nathi Mthethwa is on a three-day working visit to the Saharawi refugee camps and the Sahrawi Republic. (SPS)