Riyadh: The Cabinet of Saudi Arabia yesterday approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cultural cooperation between the Ministry of Culture in Saudi Arabia and the Ministry of Culture in Qatar. In June, the Ministry of Culture signed an MoU with its Saudi counterpart, focusing on activating cultural cooperation between the two countries.
In its session last week, the Qatari Cabinet approved the necessary measures to ratify the MoU for cultural cooperation between the two countries. The MoU includes joint cooperation between the two brotherly countries to enhance collaboration in various cultural fields, including heritage, architecture and design, museums, visual arts, theatre and performing arts, literature, publishing, translation, fashion, culinary arts, and films.
The collaboration involves conducting training programmes, workshops, and seminars among experienced professionals and artists in both countries. It also includes hosting exhibitions, lending artworks and archaeological pieces between them, participating in festivals and cultural events, and undertaking joint strategic projects in various cultural areas. The two sides will work to enhance cooperation in implementing artistic residency programmes between government and private entities in both countries.
The two countries will exchange experiences regarding projects related to preserving heritage in its various forms, facilitate procedures that enhance cultural activity, and exchange experiences related to implementing Unesco agreements, in addition to exchanging official visits between delegations and experts from both countries.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia have come a long way in developing their economies at home and enhancing cooperation, and there are huge potential for the countries to benefit from further integration.
